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Joseph Guarnerius, his work and his master [Andreas Gisalberti], 1906
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1CONTENTS.
3CHAPTER XIV.
4Joseph's Masterpieces in his Prime, when he was in Possession of all Necessary Means for their Production—His Teacher Still Alive with a Nickname—Joseph Taking Hints from the Works of Others—Mistakes about Joseph Working with Stradivari: how Caused—The Greatest of Scroll Carvers—Reference to the Different ff of Joseph—Joseph Continuing the Business on the Decease of his Cousin—Other Masters Altered to Pass as Joseph's Work; Curious Frauds—Adaptations of Details by Masters from other Works—The Varied ff of G. P. Maggini ………………………………………….. 150
6CHAPTER XV.
7The Low Modelling of Joseph not Entirely his Introduction—The Long Waisted Josephs—The Period 1730-40—Francesco Stradivari—The now Exploded Story of Joseph's Idle Life, etc.—Carlo Bergonzi's Imitation of the Style of Joseph's Hasty Work—The Makers whose Work has Passed as "Prison Josephs"—Efforts at the Time to Obtain Joseph's Tone Quality—Joseph's Variations in Design and Execution—Further Remarks on Joseph's Scroll Variations—The Treatment of the Ribs by Him—His Use of Salice for Linings—Some Particulars of Well-Preserved Instruments—Joseph's Bar, His Fingerboards and Tailpieces ………………………………………….. 171
9CHAPTER XVI.
10Joseph's most Finished Period—His Flattest Modelling, His Refinement—The Gorgeousness of some Specimens—Joseph's Free Style at its Height—His Purfling at Times—His Purfling Tool ………………………………………….. 191
12CHAPTER XVII.
13Joseph's Late Varnish and that of his Contemporaries in other Places, Difference between it and his Earlier Kind—The Decadence of the Italian Varnishes Generally—Their Peculiarities and Differences of Material—His Sycamore Bored by Insects—His Effort to Save and not Throw Away his Work ………………………………………….. 203
15CHAPTER XVIII.
16Whether Joseph Made many Violas—One with the Lady's Name as Maker—The Mysterious I.H.S. Solved—General Review of Joseph's Working Career ………………………………………….. 215
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