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Dictionary of Violin makers, 1928

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1BATTISTA DE BRESCIA — The Museum of the Philharmonic Lyceum of Bologna has a pocket fiddle by this maker, who lived in the XVIth or XVIIth century.
3BELCIONI (Antonio) — Modena middle of XVIIth century. Lutes.
5BELLONE (Pietro-Antonio) — Milan end of XVIIth century.
7BELLOSIO (Anselmo) — Venice circa 1715-1780. Pupil of Santo Serafino. Good work but not equal to that of his master, whose model he adopted.
9BELLOSIO (Giovanni) — Venice circa 1730. This maker, less known than the one preceding, is thought to have worked with Montagnana.
11BELVIGLIERI (Gregorio) — Bologna circa 1750. Good make. Viols.
13BENDINI (G.-B.) — Milan circa 1670. It is to be regretted that faulty varnish should spoil his work, which is otherwise good.
15BENOZZATI (Girolamo) — Venice end of XIVth century. Pupil of Degani. Good current modern make.
17BERETTA (Felice) — Como 1755. As per his label, pupil of Guadagnini. Ordinary work. Yellow varnish.
19BERGONZI (Carlo) — Cremona 1690-1746. This master has always been considered one of the best pupils of Stradivarius. Fetis, who wrote his treatise on the Cremonese master, after the information supplied by J.-B. Vuillaume, indicates him as the pupil of Stradivarius, as do also Vidal and Hart. Another version states that he was a pupil of Amati (the one in question could only be Hieronymus II., son of Niccolo, who alone was alive then and whose large and flat pattern would explain that of Bergonzi) and then joined Stradivarius in order to learn that master's art. These same writers attribute to him the making of 'cellos and even basses, despite the fact that it has now been proved that neither Carlo Bergonzi nor Guarnerius del Jesu ever made basses. We have known a 'cello which was ascribed to

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