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Old Violins And Their Makers, 1883
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1considerable praise and a medal. They were of no particular model, but possessed, throughout their whole range, a fullness of tone which reminded those who heard them of the characteristic qualities of Stradivari. After this period Hell attained to considerable reputation, and I have been told by a very competent judge that he became one of the cleverest makers of modern times, approaching Vuillaume in executive ability, but I have never seen any of his works. Carl Padewet, then a young maker from Vienna, established in Munich, had a very fine imitation of Stradivari on view, which was said to possess an extraordinarily beautiful and ringing tone of great carrying power, the entire register being blameless and free from the scrappy, woody tone of new instruments; he also received a medal. Peter Schulz, of Regensburg, exhibited three excellent violins, one of which displayed splendid workmanship, but was almost a waste of skill, for it turned out to be, in tone, inferior to the other two. Another good maker who exhibited was J. Padewet, of Carlsruhe. He also received a medal, which was given more for general excellence than on account of any individual instrument, although one of them had a very fine quality of tone. F. Homolka, of Kuttenberg, is a good maker, who exhibited exquisitely worked instruments, rather thick in the wood, their voices suffering accordingly, but which with time, perhaps, will mend. Another violin with the same defects, but of beautiful style and finish, after Stradivari, was shown by A. Sitt, of Prague. J. F. Rau, of Nürenberg, also had a creditable exhibit; and Ludwig Engleder, of Bamberg, displayed two good instruments. Gabriel
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