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Cremona: an account of the Italian violin-makers and their instruments, 1894
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1163. REGGIERI. Cremona. Not to be confounded with Ruggeri. He copied Joseph Guarnerius.
3164. RENISTO. Cremona, 1738. According to his label, he was a pupil of Carlo Bergonzi, but it cannot be said this may be distinguished in his instruments. They resemble far more those of Francesco Ruggeri. The model is high, the wood ordinary, the varnish is good. He made a large number of violins of a small pattern.
5165. ROGIERI, Domenico. Cremona, 17—. Good instruments after the style of Nicolas Amati. Dark brown varnish. (i)
7166. ROVELLI. Cremona, 1744. He is little known.
9167. RUDGER. Cremona, 1650-1700. This master has often been considered to be a member of the Ruggeri family, but has really no connection with it. His violins and violas are especially good. The violoncellos are large and broad, with the middle bouts much hollowed out. The varnish is dark brown, and is of good quality.
11168. RUGER, Francesco. Cremona, 1640-1684. (j) His instruments have proportions similar to those of Stainer, and a reddish-brown varnish.
13169. RUGGERI, Francesco. Cremona, 1668-1720. (k) The family of Ruggeri took, in similar fashion to that of Amati, for a long time a prominent position
15(i) This maker may have been one of the family of Rogeri, or Rogieri, who came from Brescia. (See below, No. 173.) A good deal of confusion has occurred between the families of Rogieri and Rugieri.
17(j) Vidal gives a label of this maker, of 1686.
19(k) There is much doubt as to the exact relationship of the members of the family of Ruggeri or Rugieri, and the separate identity of this maker from that of the preceding, and the dates of his career, are not clearly ascertained. Mr. Sydney Brooks has a good violoncello of 1693 by this maker.
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