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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925

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1TOPPANI (TAPPANI), (MICHEL) ANGELO (DE), Rome, 1735 to 1750.
2TORELLI, ——, Verona, 1625.
3TOULY, JEAN (BAPT.), Nancy, 1730 to 1747.
4TRAPANI, RAFFAELE, Naples, 1800 to 1826.
5TREVILLOT, CLAUDE I, Mirecourt, 1697 to 1698.
6TREYER, JEAN-BAPTISTE, 1750 to 1770.
7TRINELLI, GIOVANNI, Scandiano, b. Villalunga, Reggio Em., d. about 1815.
8TURNER, WILLIAM, London, 1650.
9TYWERSUS, Nancy (Lothringen), 16th century.
10UGAR, CRESCENZIO, Rome, 1788 to 1790.
11UNGARINI (UNGHERINI), ANTONIO, Fabriano, 1762.
12URQUHART (URQUEHART), THOMAS, London, b. 1625, d. 1666.
13VAILLANT, FRANÇOIS, Paris, 1736 to 1783.
14VALLIENTINE, WILLIAM, London, 1870, d. about 1877.
15VANDELLI, GIOVANNI, Fiorano (Modena), b. 1796, d. 1839.
16VANDERLIST, ——, Paris, 1788 to 1801.
17VAN DER SLAGHMEULEN, JOH. BAPT., Antwerp, 1660 to 1679.
18VANGELISTI (EVANGELISTI), PIER LORENZO, Florence, 1700 to 1745.
19VAROTTI, GIOVANNI, Bologna, 1786 to 1815.
20VENZI, ANDREA, Florence, 1636.
21VERLE, FRANZ, Padua, about 1590 to 1600.
22VERMESCH (VERMERSCH), PATER, Beaumont vide Oise, 1781 to 1812.
23VERON (VERRON), PIERRE-ANDRÉ, Paris, 1711 to 1750.
24VETRINI (VETTRINI), BATTISTA, Brescia, 1629 to 1630.
25VIARD, NICOLAS, Versailles, 1760 to 1790.
26VIBRECHT (WIEBRECHT), GYSBERT, Amsterdam, 1700 to 1710.
27VILLAUME ET GIRON, Troyes, 1791.
28VIMERCATI, GASPAR, Milan, 1790.
29VIMERCATI, PAOLO, Venice, 1660 to 1710.
30VINACCIA, ANTONIO I, Naples, 1734 to 1781.
31VINACCIA, GAETANO, Naples, 1779 to 1800.
32VINACCIA, GENNARO, Naples, 1755 to 1778.
33VINACCIA, PASQUALE, Naples, b. 1806, d. between 1881 and 1885.
34VINCENZI, LUIGI, Carpi, b. 1775, d. after 1818.
35VIVOLI, GIOVANNI, Florence, 1642.
36VOBOAM, JEAN, Paris, 1676 to 1699.
37VOGEL, WOLF (WOLFGANG), Nurnberg, d. 1650.
38VOGLER, JOHANN GEORG, Wurzburg, b. 1692, d. after 1750.
39VUILLAUME, CLAUDE I, Mirecourt, 1625.
40VUILLAUME, CLAUDE-FRANÇOIS I, Mirecourt, b. about 1730, still living in 1760.
41VUILLAUME, JEAN III, Mirecourt, 1702, d. 1752.
42VUILLAUME, JEAN-BAPTIST, Paris, b. Mirecourt, 1798, d. Paris, 1875. Son and pupil of Claude Vuillaume V. He was scarcely nineteen years of age when he was called to the workshops of Lébé in Paris. After this he worked two years for Chanot but returned again to Lébé. The association with this highly educated man accomplished wonders in the perfecting of this young artist. In 1825 Lébé took him as partner into his business, but they parted in 1828 and Vuillaume started to work independently. He was very successful in imitating Stradivarius, and at the present day there are many of his violins sold as genuine Stradivarii. He used to haunt antique shops, and, finding an old piece of furniture of rare wood, purchased and used it for making violins. These are the ones which became famous for having a most beautiful tone. He paid great attention to the varnish he used, and is really the only violin maker of the nineteenth century who was able to equal the varnish of the old Italians. The label used by Vuillaume is reproduced on Plate 15, and one of his instruments on Plate 16.
43VUILLAUME, NICOLAS IV, Mirecourt, b. 1800, d. about 1871.
44VUILLAUME, NICOLAS-FRANÇOIS, Brussels, b. Mirecourt, 1802, d. 1876.
45VUILLAUME, SEBASTIEN, Paris, b. about 1835, d. 1875.
46WAGNER, BENEDICT, Durrwangen, Ellwangen, 1720 to 1796.
47WAGNER, JOSEPH, Konstanz, b. 1729, d. about 1781.
48WAMSLEY (WALMSLEY, WAEMSLEY), PETER, London (Piccadilly), 1715, 1751. Wamsley worked on the Stainer model, but was never able to be compared with his master. He used good wood, his varnish was red-brown, but only a few of his violins can be considered of any great value.
49WEICKERT, ——, Halle, about 1800.
50WEIGERT (WEIGERTH), JOHANN BLASIUS, Linz, 1717 to 1755.
51WEISS, JAKOB, Salzburg, 1714 to 1740.

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