Scan 53
Cremona: an account of the Italian violin-makers and their instruments, 1894
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162. EBERTI, Tommaso. 1750.
263. FALCO. Cremona, 1752.(c)
364. FARINATO, Paul. Venice, 1695-1725.(d)
465. FICKER, Joh. Christian. Cremona, 1722. Probably a German. Although his instruments date from Cremona, they have but little in common with those of that school.
566. FICKER, Joh. Gottlob. Cremona, 1768. Son of the last; as a violin-maker not superior to him.(e)
667. VIORILLO, (f) Giovanni. Ferrara, 1780. A cross between the style of the Tyrolean and Italian makers. The former is the more prominent, especially in the F holes, which are of Stainer pattern. His violoncellos have a good quality of tone.
768. FLORENUS, Florentus. Bologna, 1685-1715. Of the Amati school.(g)
8Joannes Florentus, Quidantus fecit Bononiae anno 17—
969. GABICELIS, Giov. Bapt. Florence, 1740. Good instruments, brown varnish, thickly put on.
1070. GABRIELLI, Giovanni Baptista. Florence, 1745. His instruments are now better known and are valued more highly; they are carefully made. Some have a rounded model, while those of a flatter pattern possess a tone like those of Gagliano. He used very handsome wood; the sides and backs always have a similar grain. The varnish is wanting in softness; it is yellow and
12(c) De Piccolellis states he was a copyist of Bergonzi.
13(d) Of the school of Santo Serafino.
14(e) This maker is believed to have worked as late as 1808.
15(f) Or Fiorillo.
16(g) There would seem to have been three makers of this name, Guidantus, Antonio, and Guidantus Giovanni. A label of the first is "Guidantus Florenus Bononiae 175—." It seems certain, at any rate, that there were two makers of the name, the elder named Joannes (or Giovanni) Floreno, and the younger, Guidante. (See post "Guidantus.")
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