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Old violins, 1905

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1BERNARDEL, Auguste Sébastien Philippe. An excellent maker who worked under Lupôt and Gand. Firm: "Bernardel et fils," then "Gand et Bernardel"; Paris (1849) gold medal, London (1855) gold medal.
2BERNARDEL Frères. Ernst Auguste and Gustave Adolphe, sons of Sébastien Philippe.
3BERTASIO, Luigi. Piadena, 17—.
4BERTASSI, Ambrogio. Piadena, 1730.
5BERTET, Joseph R. French maker; little known, 1754.
6BERTRAND, Nicolas. Paris; a few early fiddles, 1686-1735.
7BETTS, John Edward, known as "Old John Betts"; b. 1755, at Stamford, Lincolnshire; d. March 1823; was buried at Cripplegate Church; pupil of Richard Duke, senior. (See p. 132.)
8BETTS (Ned), Edward, nephew of John Betts; like him a pupil of Richard Duke. He died between 1815 and 1820.
9BIANCHI, Nicola. Pupil of Guadagnini, 1800 to 1875; Genoa, Cremona, and Paris; fair maker.
10BINDERNAGEL. Gotha, 1745-1804; inferior maker.
11BITTNER, David. Viennese, 1862-80; made chiefly for America.
12BLAIR, John. Edinburgh, 1820.
13BLAISE, Mirecourt. 1820; indifferent.
14BLANCHARD, Paul François, 1865-94; worked with J. B. Vuillaume; very good violins; his workmen turn out good cheap ones; follows Strad; Mirecourt and Lyons.
15BODIO, Giambattista. Venice, 1792-1832.
16BOIVIN, Claude. Paris, 1735-53; fair maker.
17BOMBERGHI, Lorenzo. Florentine, seventeenth century.
18BOMÉ, Thomas. Inferior; French.
19BOOT, William. English; 1779-1858; good repairer.
20BOOT, William, son of W. Booth, senior; b. 1816, Leeds; d. 1856; a clever workman.
21BOQUAY (Bocquay), Jacques, b. at Lyons. 1700-30. (See p. 105.)
22BORBON (Bourbon), Gaspar. End of sixteenth century; Brussels; Gaspar model.
23BORELLI, Andreas, 1730-47; Parma; Guadagnini model.
24BORLON, François. Antwerp maker, 1680-1710.
25BOUCHER. London, 1764.
26BOULLANGIER, Charles, b. 1823, Mirecourt; d. October, 1888. Learnt his trade in Mirecourt till 1843; worked with Vuillaume and Gand and Bernardel, also for Edward Withers, London; good copyist of Strad.
27BOUMEESTER (Baumeester). Amsterdam maker, 1637-68.
28BOURDET, Jacques. Fair French maker, 1751.
29BOURGARD, Jean. Worked in Nancy about 1780-87.
30BOUSSU. Bruxelles about 1750-80; fairly good Amati pattern.
31BRAGLIA, Antonio. Modena, eighteenth century.
32BRANDIGLIONI. Brescia; copied Maggini.
33BRANDL, Karl. Budapest; exhibited in London Exhibition, 1862.
34BRANZO, Barbaro Francesco. Padua, 1660.
35BREMEISTER, Jan. Amsterdam, 1707.
36BRETON, J. F. Paris, 1740-80.

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