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Old violins, 1905

76 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 249. See the scan on archive.org.

1EURY. About 1810-30, Paris; an excellent bow-maker, 1820. He was working at 20 rue des Lyonnais-Saint-Jacques in 1820. His bows are justly celebrated, and are thought to rival even those of François Tourte. He generally marked them with his name.
3EVANGELISTI. Florence, eighteenth century.
5EVANS, Richard. London about 1742-50.
7EVE, Jacques. German model, arched; brown varnish; good workman.
9FABRIS, Luigi. Venice in nineteenth century.
11FACINI, Agostino. A monk at Bologna, 1732-42; delicate workman; yellow varnish.
13FALAISE. French follower of Pique; Cremona pattern; yellow varnish.
15FARINATO, Paolo. Venice about 1700-30; fair maker, Serafino pattern.
17FEBBRE. Amsterdam in 1762.
19FENDT, Bernhard. (See p. 132.)
21FENDT, Bernhard Simon. (See p. 132.)
23FENDT, Francis, fourth son of Bernhard Fendt. (See p. 132.)
25FENDT, François, best known in France as Fent.
27FENDT, Jacob, third son of Bernhard Fendt.
29FENDT, Martin, second son of Bernhard Fendt.
31FENDT, William, second son of Bernhard Simon.
33FERATI, Pietro. Sienna, 1754-64; poor maker.
35FÉRET. A pupil of Médard; Paris, 1708; good maker.
37FERGUSON, Donald. Huntly, Aberdeenshire.
39FERGUSON & SON. Edinburgh, beginning of the nineteenth century.
41FERRARI, Agostino. Budrio (Italy), eighteenth century.
43FERRARI, Alfonso. Carpi (Modena), 1738.
45FERRARI, Carlo. Sienna in 1740.
47FEURY or Ferry, François, son-in-law of Leclerc the violin-maker. Paris about 1750-60; violins small pattern, the sound-holes small, varnish red, work good.
49FICHTL, Martin. Vienna, 1750-57; careful in wood and varnish.
51FICKER, Johann Christian. Cremona, 1720-22; German style.
53FICKER, Johann Gottlieb. Cremona about 1788-89.
55FIKER, Johann Christian. Neukirchen (Saxony), eighteenth century.
57FIORILLO, Giovanni. Ferrara, 1780; German and Italian patterns; violoncellos are best.
59FIORINI, Giuseppe, son of Raffaele Fiorini, b. 1867. Excellent maker.
61FIORINI, Raffaele, b. at Pianoro. Worked at Bologna.
63FIRTH, G. Leeds, 1836; pupil of William Booth, sen.
65FISCHER, Carlo and Giuseppe, brothers. Milan about 1760-64; inclined to German style, but good varnish.
67FISCHER, Anton, b. 1794, d. 1879. Vienna.
69FISCHER, Zacharie, b. Nov. 5, 1730, Würzburg; d. there Nov. 27, 1812; first began baking his wood to age it; his violins are still liked.
71FLEURI (Fleury), Jean François. Paris, 1783-85.
73FLEURY, Benoist. Paris, 1751-91; fair maker.
75FLORENUS (Florinus), Guidanus or Florentus. Bologna

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