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Old violins, 1905

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1those of Louis Guersan, his contemporary; they have yellow-brown varnish; unequal maker; some good violoncellos and bass viols.
3SALZARD, F. Paris.
5SANONI, Giovanni Battista. Verona, 1740; instruments much arched; rose-coloured varnish; good work.
7SANTAGIULIANA, Giacinto. Venice, 1830.
9SANTE. Pesaro, 1670.
11SANTE, Giuseppe. Rome, 1778.
13SANTO, Giovanni. Naples, 1700-30; copied Amati; small pattern; well made; varnish poor.
15SANTO SERAFINO; b. at Udine; worked in Venice about 1710-48. (See p. 90.)
17SANZO SANTINO (Santo Sentino). Milan, 18th century; good; resembles Grancino.
19SARACENI, Domenico. Florence, 17th century.
21SARAILLAC, François. Lyons, 1678-1712.
23SASSANO. Fine Italian maker; rarely met with; yellow varnish; beautiful free tone.
25SAUNIER, Edmond. 1754-80, Bordeaux and Paris. Was a pupil of Lambert of Nancy, the "Carpenter," but did superior work.
27SAVANI, Giuseppe. Carpi, 1809.
29SAWITZKI (Sawicki), Nicolaus; b. 1792, Poland; d. 1850; settled in Vienna; good.
31SCARAMPELLA, Giuseppe, son of Paolo Scarampella; 1838-80 (?), Brescia, Paris, Florence. He restored the viola and the famous violoncello of Stradivari kept in the Istituto Musicale of Florence, and in 1884 succeeded Castellani as keeper of the collection of instruments there; makes new instruments, following the Stradivari or Guarneri del Gesù patterns; tone clear and strong; the work carefully done; reddish oil varnish.
33SCARAMPELLA, Paolo; b. Sept. 25, 1803, Brescia; d. April 7, 1870. A carpenter by trade, but made many violins, violoncellos, guitars, and mandolines.
35SCARAMPELLA, Stefano, son of Paolo Scarampella. Brescia, 1843; settled in Mantua; made many good violins.
37SCHAENDL, Anton. Mittenthal, 1753.
39SCHENLEIN, Johann Michael, son and pupil of Matthäus Friedrich Scheinlein; 1751, Langenfeld; large Stainer pattern, but avoided the arching; full and pleasant tone; but wood not being thick enough, so not durable.
41SCHENLEIN, Matthäus Friedrich, 1710, Langenfeld in Franken (Franconia); d. there, 1771. A violinist, but taking great interest in violin-making, began by repairing old instruments and finished by making new ones; much arched; dark brown varnish; work careful.
43SCHELMAYER, Christian. Cologne.
45SCHLICK, Leipzig.
47SCHMIDT. Cassel, 1817; Stradivari pattern, but edges are larger and purfling not so close to the sides; spirit varnish; wood of bad quality.
49SCHMIED. Vienna, 18th century.
51SCHÖNFFELDER, Johann Adam. Neukirchen in 1743.
53SCHONGER, Franz. Erfurt, 18th century; fairly good.
55SCHONGER, Georg, son of Franz Schonger. Erfurt; better

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