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Old violins, 1905

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11675-1740; died at 28; self-taught; an original genius; about two hundred violins; much valued when can be found.
3OHBERG, Johann. Stockholm in 1773; fairly good; a yellow varnish.
5ONEDA, Gio. Battista, b. 1529. A maker of cithers and violins (?) in Brescia about 1562.
7ONGARO, Ignazio. Venice, 1783.
9ORLANDELLI, Paolo. Codogno, Italy, eighteenth century.
11ORTEGA. 1840; maker and repairer. Madrid.
13OSTLER, Andreas. Breslau, 1730; chiefly viols.
15OTTO, Carl August, fourth son of J. A. Otto; b. 1801, Jena; d. 1883, Ludwigslust; maker to the Mecklenberg-Schwerin Court.
17OTTO, Carl Christian, second son of J. A. Otto, 1792; Halle; repairs old instruments.
19OTTO, C. W. F. Louis, fifth son of J. A. Otto, 1805-84, Stockholm.
21OTTO, Georg August Gottfried, eldest son of J. A. Otto; 1789, Weimar; 1857, Jena; good maker.
23OTTO, Heinrich Wilhelm, third son of J. A. Otto; b. 1796. Amsterdam and Berlin.
25OTTO, Hermann, son of Ludwig Otto, 1859-84. Cologne, St Petersburg.
27OTTO, Jacob August; b. 1764, Gotha; d. 1830, Jena. Pupil of Franz Anton Ernst at Gotha; settled in Weimar; maker to the Court; worked also in Halle, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Berlin, and Jena; fine repairer, but made excellent violins and violoncellos. His five sons all became violin makers.
29OTTO, Ludwig, son of Georg August Gottfried Otto; b. 1821, Jena; 1887, St Petersburg, Cologne, St Petersburg. He exhibited three violins, a viola, violoncello, and double-bass, in London, 1862. They were all well made, and were moderately priced.
31OTTO, Louis, son of Carl August Otto; b. July 15, 1844, Ludwigslust. Pupil of his father in Ludwigslust, 1860-65; in Cologne, 1865-66, then went to Hanover, 1872; then still there (1898); careful in selection of wood; large Stradivari pattern; excellent work; has made 238 violins, and many tenors and 'cellos. First prizeman, Chicago and Melbourne.
33OUVRARD, Jean. 1725-46; pupil of Claude Pierray. Transition maker, but true violoncello pattern, though continued to make viols.
35PACHERELE, Michel. A maker in Paris in 1779; followed Guersan; slightly arched; yellow varnish.
37PACHERELE, Pierre. 1803, Mirecourt; 1871, Nice; fellow-apprentice of J. B. Vuillaume at Mirecourt; worked at Genoa, and with Pressenda, Turin; made a great many violins, altos, and violoncellos, all of good workmanship; varnish too thick; took Stradivari for his model; a clever repairer.
39PACQUET. From Aix; working in Marseilles in 1785.
41PADEWET, Johann. A good maker; d. about 1874; started at Basle, 1844, but moved to Carlsruhe.
43PADEWET, Johann, son of Johann Padewet; b. Aug. 23, 1851-95,

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