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Dictionary of Violin makers, 1928

16 lines. Read by computer on 1 October 2026. Printed page 207. See the scan on archive.org.

1account of his successive removals. Label: Joseph Urban violin and guitar maker San-Francisco 18..
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5VALENZANO (Juan) — Barcelona. A good class maker who at first worked in Italy, his native country — he was Piedmontese — and towards 1800 established himself in Barcelona. His work, absolutely Italian in character, though not of the first order, has genuine qualities. His model is flat. Yellow varnish somewhat tinted in red. Nos 182-207.
7VALENZANO (Mathias) — Madrid circa 1860. In all probability he was the son of the one above. Small production.
9VALLANCE (Fred-G.) — Detroit (Michigan). (126, John, R. St.). Contemporary maker.
11VERBRUGGEN (Th.) — Antwerp middle of the xviiith century. He is known by a double-bass bearing his name and made for the cathedral in 1641.
13VIBRECHT (Gysper) — Amsterdam towards 1700. A good maker, esteemed in his time.
15VIDOUDEZ (Alfred) — Geneva. Born in this town in 1879. Disciple of the French School through the thorough studies he made, first at Mirecourt with Justin Bazin, afterwards with Mougenot at Brussels and lastly in Paris under the guidance of Leon Bernardel. The model of his violins does not considerably differ from the pattern of Stradivarius or Guarnerius, but he is not a servile copyist and his own personality may be traced in the general outline, the sound holes and the scroll. The thick brown-red oil varnish he used at the beginning of his career is now replaced by a lighter and more supple coating of gold-yellow or orange-red shade. He is the author of a small book entitled: « Quelques considérations sur mon métier » (« A few remarks upon my profession ») which was the subject of a lecture to the Industrial and Commercial Class of the Society of Arts at Geneva,

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