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dictionary of violin makers, 1928
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1LUGLONI (Giuseppe) — Venice circa 1780. Third grade instruments.
3MAFFEI (Lorenzo) — Lucca circa 1765. Graceful instruments. Yellow varnish. Artistic work.
5MAFFEOTO (Giuseppe) — Rome xviii th century. No 333.
7MAGGINI (Giovanni-Paolo) — Brescia circa 1580-1640. This celebrated maker passes as Gaspard da Salo's pupil, although he did not follow his model. He made many attempts before definitely establishing his own model, which explains why at a certain period he made arched instruments. His 'cellos are of good design but the sound holes are placed a little too high. The scrolls are generally too small and not in proportion to the size of the instrument. His violins are almost always large and flat, although he made some of a small pattern, very arched, ornamented and double purfled. The size of the model known as Maggini is: – 0,366 millimetres for violins, 0,422 millimetres for violas and 0,755 millimetres for 'cellos. The sound holes are long and broadly opened, with the corners hardly shown. Many copies have been made, mainly in the Tyrol. The instruments by this master possess beautiful tone qualities and those with a brown varnish and not ornamented are the most interesting, but unfortunately they are very scarce No 238.
9MAGGINI (Pietro-Santo) — Brescia 1630-1680. Represented by some as Maggini's son, who, it is said, was not a violin maker, others maintain that after Maggini's death, a friend of his, Santo de Santi, continued his make, thus associating his name with that of the great maker. The work is almost identical and bears the same artistic value. No 315.
11MAHLER (Lucas) — Bologna beginning of the xvi th century. The most famous of lute makers, or the greatest luthier (French luth) as in the xv th and xvi th centuries this title referred only to the makers of lutes. The term is now applied to violin makers. Of German origin, no definite details concerning his life are known, but it is he who is supposed to have given to the lute the improvements and shape which have since always been followed. Another
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