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Old violins, 1905

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1DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS
3DE LANNOY, N.J. Lille about 1740-75; fair maker.
4DELANOE, Pierre Jean. Paris, 1754.
5DELANOIX. Brussels about 1760; good maker.
6DELANY (Delaney), John. Dublin in 1808; an original egotist, 1808. Label bears: "Made by John Delany, in order to perpetuate his memory in future ages. Dublin, 1808. Liberty to all the world, black and white."
7DELAU, Lucien, 1836-48. On the death of Charlotte he joined Jeandel in violin-making, and they continued the business at Rouen.
8DENNIS, Jesse, 1795-1855. London; apprenticed to John Crowther, 1805; worked under Matthew Furber.
9DERAZEY, J. Mirecourt; successor to J. Nicolas, jun.; sold his fiddles; made good cheap ones, from 5 to 150 francs; a prolific firm.
10DEROUX, Sébastien. Mirecourt and Paris; b. 1848; making in 1898; good restorer; best Cremona models. Signs: "A. S. D."
11DESCHAMPS, Claude. Paris, 1783-85.
12DESJARDINS. Caen, 1763.
13DESPONS, Antoine. Paris about 1610; rare, but not very good.
14DESROUSSEAU. Eighteenth century.
15DEVEREUX, John. He worked with B. Simon Fendt in London; migrated to Melbourne.
16DICKENSON (Dickinson), Edward. Strand, London, about 1750-90; Stainer model; inferior.
17DICKESON (Dickson), John, b. in Stirling. London and Cambridge, about 1750-80; excellent.
18DIDELIN, Joseph. Nancy, 1765-75; poor maker.
19DIDION, Gabriel. Mirecourt; d. 1881.
20DIEHL (or Diel, as it was originally spelt). Friedrich, son of Nicolaus Diehl; 1814-67; Darmstadt; fair.
21DIEHL (Diel), Heinrich, a son of Johann Diehl.
22DIEHL (Diel), Jacob, son of Nicolaus Diehl; d. 1873; Bremen in 1834, then Hamburg.
23DIEHL (Diel), Johann, a brother of Nicolaus Diehl. Mayence.
24DIEHL, Martin. Mayence, eighteenth century; work poor.
25DIEHL (Diel), Nicolaus, b. 1779, d. 1851. Son of Martin Diehl, to whose business he succeeded.
26DIEHL (Diel), Nicolaus Louis, d. 1876. Was a son of Jacob Diehl; worked in Hamburg; he published a work on Italian violin-makers.
27DIEULAFAIT. A viol-maker; Paris in 1720.
28DINI, Giambattista. Lucignano in 1707.
29DITTON. London about 1700. In Thomas Britton's Collection was a "good violin by Ditton."
30DODD, Edward, b. 1705, Sheffield; d. 1810, London, at the age of 105. First bow-maker of this name. He lived in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street; buried in St Bride's Church.
31DODD, James, second son of Edward. Also made bows.
32DODD, James, son of James Dodd, sen.; was a good bow-maker.
33DODD, John, eldest son of Edward Dodd; b. 1752. (See p. 116.)

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