Books › Old violins, 1905 › scan 289
Scan 289
Old violins, 1905
46 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026. Printed page 265. See the scan on archive.org.
1Carlsruhe. Hanover, Berlin, under Aug. Riechers till 1874. Assisted by two workmen, he makes forty to fifty instruments (violins, violas, and violoncellos) a year, on the Stradivari pattern, using oil varnish of reddish-yellow or golden-brown colour; good repairer.
3PAGANI, Gian Battista. Cremona, 1747.
5PAGANONI, Antonio. Working in Venice in eighteenth century.
7PAGEOT (Pajeot), son of Louis Simon Pageot; b. Jan. 25, 1791, Mirecourt; d. there Aug. 24, 1849. A maker of bows. In his workshops about 8000 dozens of bows were turned out at prices varying from 6d. to 14s.
9PALATE. Liège, 1710; Italian pattern; excellent instruments.
11PALMA, Paolo. Lucca, 1760.
13PAMPHILON, Edward. A maker in London, on London Bridge, about 1680-90. (See p. 124.)
15PANDOLFI, Antonio. Venice, 1700-20; good; yellow-brown varnish.
17PANORMO, Edward, either a son or a grandson of Vincenzo Panormo; he worked both in London and in Ireland.
19PANORMO, George. London. Probably a grandson of Vincenzo Panormo.
21PANORMO, George Lewis, second son of Vincenzo Panormo. Very good bows; fine guitars and a few good fiddles.
23PANORMO, Joseph, eldest son of Vincenzo Panormo. London. Died in great poverty; good workman; violoncellos excellent.
25PANORMO, Vincenzo (known as "old Panormo"), b. Nov. 30, 1734, Monreale, a village near Palermo, Sicily; d. 1813, London. Began at sixteen; worked in England, Ireland, and Paris; perhaps with Bergonzi in Cremona; excellent maker; powerful tone; Stradivari pattern; clear yellow varnish; also guitars.
27PANZANI (Pansani), Antonio. Rome, 1735-85; good maker.
29PAQUOTTE Frères. Henri Félix, 1857, and Placide, 1864, sons of Jean Baptiste Paquotte, to whose business they succeeded in July 1888. Paris; a few violins; excellent in tone, but firm chiefly repaired.
31PAQUOTTE, Jean Baptiste. Nephew of Sébastien Paquotte; one of the best Paris makers of the day, 1860-88.
33PAQUOTTE, Sébastien. Mirecourt, 1800-63, Paris. In 1830 he founded the business in Paris.
35PARALDIC. 1722.
37PARDI. Paris, 1788.
39PARDINI, Bastiano. 1700.
41PARIS, Claude. Paris, 1775. In 1816 was joined by his nephew; spirit varnish, a red-yellow colour.
43PARKER, Daniel. London, 1740-85. A very clever workman, possibly a pupil of Urquhart or Pamphilon. Red varnish, wood excellent, tone clear and powerful. He made largely for the trade; his instruments are often sold under other names; no viola or violoncello of his known. About 1793 instruments valued at five guineas each; about 1805 they realised as much as fifteen.
45PARTH (or Perth), Andreas Nicolas. Vienna about 1790.
Makers on this page
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.