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Old violins, 1905

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1CORNELLI, Carlo. Cremona, 1702.
2CORSBY, George. London; believed to be a brother of Corsby of Northampton.
3CORSBY. Northampton about 1780; chiefly made double-basses.
4COSTA, Agostino. Brescia and Venice in the seventeenth century.
5COSTA, Marco della. Treviso, 1660-80.
6COSTA, Pietro Antonio della. Worked in Treviso about 1740-65; fair Amati model.
7Cousineau, Georges, 1753-1824. In 1788 was entitled "Luthier de la reine"; made all sorts of instruments.
8Cramond, Charles. A maker in Aberdeen, 1821-34.
9Crask, George. Worked in various places, Salford, Manchester, etc.; prolific worker; Italian pattern.
10Cross, Nathaniel. London about 1700-51. (See p. 125.)
11Crowther, John, 1755-1810. He worked occasionally for John Kennedy.
12Cuchet, Gaspard, 1729.
13Cunault, Georges, b. 1856, Paris; Miremont, 1874-82; a good workman.
14Cuny. Paris about 1740.
15Cuthbert. Maker of viols and violins in London, seventeenth century; fair.
16Cuypers, Johannes. The Hague about 1779.
18Daniel. Antwerp about 1636-56; two specimens in Antwerp Cathedral.
19Daniel, Charles. Marseilles in 1762.
20Darche, C. F. Brussels; was a pupil of N. F. Vuillaume (a brother of the Parisian maker); better restorer than maker.
21Darche, Nicholas. Aix-la-Chapelle.
22David. A contemporary of Pierray; Paris about 1730; indifferent.
23Davidson, Hay. Huntly, 1870.
24Davis, Richard. London; employed by Norris and Barnes; but when Norris died in 1818, he succeeded to the business. He knew little of violin-making, and always remained more of a dealer in, than a maker of, instruments.
25Davis, William. London (in 1846 sold business to Edward Withers); restored violins; Maucotel worked for him.
26Day, John. Ingenious amateur maker, devoted to reproduction of Cremonas, nineteenth century.
27Dearlove, Mark. Leeds, 1812-20.
28Dearlove, Mark William, son of Mark Dearlove. Leeds, 1828-62; employed good workmen—Absam, Gough, Fryer.
29Decombe (not De Comble). Paris, eighteenth century.
30De Comble, Ambroise, b. at Tournai, Belgium, end of the seventeenth century; worked till 1760; said to have been a pupil of Antonio Stradivari at Cremona; instruments scarce, well made, of excellent wood, and have a rich tone.
31Deconet, Michele. Venice about 1742-79; Cremona school.
32Defresne, Pierre. Rouen, 1730.
33Dehaye (Deshayes), nephew and only pupil of Salomon, 1775-1825, Paris; more dealer than maker; sold all sorts.
34Dehommais, 1870. Successful amateur maker.

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