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Old Violins And Their Makers, 1883
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1totally distinct from those of the Lower Tyrolese, and from Trent down to Riva, at the northern end of Lake Garda, there is a gradual softening of the rigid, severe outlines presented by the national features of the inhabitants of the district where Stainer was born. It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that the art, as he practised it, almost died out with his name.
3The violins of the second period of Stainer do not appear to be characterised by any peculiarity. They seem to have been so classified simply because they were dated from Absom instead of Cremona. M. D. Alard, the great French violinist, possesses one at present, which is reported to be of exquisite beauty. But all the genuine violins of Stainer are equally distinguished for elegance of form. Those of Stainer's third period are supposed to have been made by his own immediate pupils and under his personal supervision, but this is more a matter of conjecture that certainty.
5These last have printed tickets, as have all the numberless imitations of this master which appear to have flooded the market after his death. According to some authors, Jacob Stainer had a son named Marcus, who was a distinguished maker, and, according to others, this Marcus was a brother who, although a monk, assisted Jacob in the manufacture of violins. The baptismal registers in Absom and Hall contain no record of any son of Stainer's other than the infant already mentioned, and inquiries and researches regarding a brother bring nothing to light save a saying current in Absom that there was there a maker named Marcus Stainer. A celebrated connoisseur and
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