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Old violins

Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald), 1839-1901. Edinburgh, Grant, 1905.

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152 pages read (scans 7 to 317)856 names found401 makers on this site cite it

Towns it names most

Paris47
London21
Cremona12
Mirecourt12
Venice11
Florence10
Mittenwald9
Bologna6
Rome6
Vienna6
Rouen5
Milan5

Pages

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7 CONTENTS Read
19 17 rough image on the vase, but the fact th… Read
53 47 with rounded bellies, powerful Dukes and… Read
61 55 rhapsodies about setting suns and the co… Read
83 77 his exalted house"—and then follow more… Read
110 94 self approached far more nearly the rais… Read
111 95 and Albani, when he fell a victim to the… Read
136 118 CHAPTER VIII Read
137 119 and in Elizabeth's time Italian influenc… Read
138 120 monised pieces for it, and who imparted… Read
142 124 generally the art atmosphere of the smal… Read
153 135 as a thing of beauty, wonder, mystery, m… Read
154 136 was a curious sort of inner otherwherene… Read
155 137 astonished owner's face, tore off the fi… Read
156 138 He had five sons; all made violins and t… Read
157 139 for the poor tenor, the Cinderella of th… Read
158 140 Hill, required a new bridge, which Ebswo… Read
159 141 Mr Woolhouse, the well-known collector,… Read
160 142 Arthur stayed at home and kept his eye i… Read
161 143 years built up what is, perhaps, when co… Read
162 144 sayings. On one occasion he refused to s… Read
163 145 Hill's hands many years afterwards, who… Read
164 146 CHAPTER IX Read
165 147 based upon the "triumphs of modern resea… Read
166 148 For my part, after reading a dozen disqu… Read
167 149 of that resinous gum beloved of artists,… Read
168 150 dragon's blood, a resinous gum from the… Read
169 151 out the magical Cremonese transparency;… Read
170 152 The materials being now absent, the varn… Read
171 153 CHAPTER X Read
172 154 every player knows, that one cannot stop… Read
173 155 best fiddle, bow, and strings that he ca… Read
174 156 Now we are ready to remove the fibrous o… Read
175 157 in my opinion too much thinner, than the… Read
176 158 and brilliant, but not comparable, in my… Read
177 159 stretched "E" lengths in your case. If y… Read
178 a few used a silk pocket handkerchief. I… Read
179 CHAPTER XI Read
180 with his audience, lifts his tapering wa… Read
183 163 As for our purpose the violin proper beg… Read
184 164 would have been quite thrown away on the… Read
185 165 few likely strips. This accounts for the… Read
186 166 indeed, have given him his fine sense of… Read
187 167 they were in rags, and a broad-brimmed h… Read
188 168 with Thomas Dodd the fiddle dealer and v… Read
189 169 side of the nut, to prevent wear and tea… Read
190 170 hair touching the string with a continuo… Read
191 171 CHAPTER XII Read
192 172 peculiar way, by his histrionic gifts an… Read
193 173 his common fiddle in perfect order, woul… Read
194 174 crop of common violins then being made i… Read
195 175 pity than with any serious intent to mak… Read
196 176 hoping the shabby man did not know the v… Read
197 177 he was a singular and most whole-hearted… Read
198 178 with its own belly by Vuillaume, is now… Read
199 179 had them all through his hands—the "King… Read
200 180 In his own land he remained to the end n… Read
201 181 fiddles in and out of cases, tenors, 'ce… Read
202 When we remember that a couple only of t… Read
205 183 ment has been made in the violin since t… Read
206 184 that no one should ever play upon it, re… Read
207 185 first time he struck a note, seemed lite… Read
208 186 CHAPTER XIII Read
209 187 Tywersus, their private lute-maker, was… Read
210 188 on that inevitable deterioration in qual… Read
211 189 to this celebrated school of violin art,… Read
212 190 to the studious and admirable labours of… Read
213 191 the curiosity, and perhaps ridicule, of… Read
214 192 reflected the later Amati model of Nicol… Read
215 193 responsible for the "trade fiddles" that… Read
216 194 Here we read how a mere handful of maste… Read
217 195 terms, because he had served his country… Read
218 196 daughters probably took very good care o… Read
219 197 vari, the Guarneri, Bergonzi, and Guadag… Read
220 198 CHAPTER XIV Read
221 199 very soul (l'âme du violon), which is th… Read
222 200 You get it home; there is something wron… Read
223 201 Be not impatient. Play upon it gently at… Read
224 202 keep it shining wherever the varnish sti… Read
225 203 figured by whitewash, starched and bleac… Read
226 204 It is not at all an uncommon thing to fi… Read
227 205 little understood, and can only be dealt… Read
228 206 uncongenial treatment of its nerves, unt… Read
229 207 all points the surface of the belly—flat… Read
230 208 they used ivory; you may perhaps have no… Read
231 209 rosewood, which is less dense, and thus,… Read
232 210 mechanical contrivances for moving violi… Read
233 211 may be quite as much responsible for you… Read
234 212 laying the blame on the violin when the… Read
235 213 man noticed that when he opened his case… Read
236 214 CHAPTER XV Read
237 215 turned—it was thought hardly worth a ser… Read
238 216 excusable margin left for honest error,… Read
239 217 threatened with a subpoena, I replied, "… Read
240 218 It was made by Bernhardt Fendt, and I ga… Read
241 219 There was an interesting John Lott, rich… Read
242 220 When the lady showed it me, I took a lib… Read
243 221 and downs, and, like human beings, they… Read
244 222 pant of the noble case had been stolen.… Read
245 223 the other a counterfeit, and was quite u… Read
246 224 know what suits you, and that no doubt f… Read
247 225 my room playing upon it with delight, an… Read
248 226 without the fear of dropping his fiddle.… Read
249 227 There is a point interesting alike to co… Read
250 228 Therefore, I will hear of no talk, even… Read
251 229 All violinists will tell you that there… Read
252 230 1st. Selection of wood. No doubt the old… Read
253 231 about 512 to the second; still remains t… Read
254 232 6th. But given the possibility of favour… Read
255 233 A good Hill recently made, price £30 or… Read
256 234 from the old forests of Herzegovina and… Read
257 235 better fiddles can be got for half that… Read
259 POSTLUDE Read
263 DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS Read
264 240 Amati, Nicola, younger brother of Andrea… Read
265 241 BALESTRIERI (Balestieri), Pietro, brothe… Read
266 242 BERNARDEL, Auguste Sébastien Philippe. A… Read
267 243 DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS Read
268 244 Cappa, Giachimo (Gioacchino) and Giusepp… Read
269 245 CHANOT, G. A. Manchester. Read
270 246 CORNELLI, Carlo. Cremona, 1702. Read
271 247 DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS Read
272 248 DODD, Thomas, third son of Edward Dodd.… Read
273 249 EURY. About 1810-30, Paris; an excellent… Read
274 250 about 1700-60; far from first-class. Read
275 251 at Naples; d. there about 1745. Read
276 252 Ghidini, Carlo. Parma, about 1746. Read
277 253 GROBITZ, A. Warsaw in 1750. Good violins… Read
278 254 GUITON, R., of Cork. Good. Read
279 255 HENRY. Paris. Read
280 256 HOLLOWAY, John. London. 1794. Read
281 257 DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS Read
282 258 KOLDITZ, Mathias Johann. Munich, 1720-55… Read
283 259 DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS Read
284 260 Lippeta, J. G. Neukirchen, Saxony, 1771. Read
285 261 DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS Read
286 262 Amati school, but failed to rival their… Read
287 263 and succeeded him; uses "hands," but pla… Read
288 264 1675-1740; died at 28; self-taught; an o… Read
289 265 Carlsruhe. Hanover, Berlin, under Aug. R… Read
290 266 PASTA, Domenico and Gaetano. Brescia abo… Read
291 267 PICHOL. Paris. Read
292 268 PREVÔT (or Prevost), P. Charles. Paris f… Read
293 269 DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS Read
294 270 Rota, Giovanni. Cremona, 1800-10; rough… Read
295 271 those of Louis Guersan, his contemporary… Read
296 272 than his father, and left some good viol… Read
297 273 workmen. In 1841 he settled in Geneva, t… Read
306 282 DUBOURG, GEORGE. "The Violin." H. Colbur… Read
315 291 INDEX Read
316 292 Goding's, Mr, collection, 178 Read
317 293 Sound qualities of old and new violins,… Read

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