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Old Violins And Their Makers, 1883
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1equal to that on some Italian instruments. He made a number of small violins, and his work does not appear to be either scarce or dear. Edward Pamphilon, supposed to have been a pupil of Urquhart, also made good instruments, but is not considered by some to have quite equalled his master. His violins have, however, a good tone, are strong in the wood, often double purfled, have a rich yellow varnish, and are made after a high model. Pearce, an English writer of some authority, speaks very highly of this maker's work. Barak Norman was a maker from about 1690 to 1740, who was, at one time, highly esteemed. He chiefly made viols, and generally used a monogram formed of the letters "N. B" interlaced, and was, at one time, in partnership with another maker named Nathaniel Cross, who chiefly made violoncellos, small in size, and having light yellow varnish. These instruments were sold as Norman's, and generally contained the monogram inlaid either in the back or breast. The reader will probably perceive that this monogram could also be taken as a duogram, representing the Christian names of the two partners, viz., Nathaniel and Barak. The partnership appears to have begun about 1720, and, before the association, Cross used a printed label, from which it would be inferred that he was a pupil of Stainer, which, of course, was not the case. He was alive in 1751. He also stamped a cross in the inside of his violins, besides using it in his labels. In a violin by him the bass bar was cut out of the solid wood of the breast instead of being affixed to it in the usual way.
3In the seventeenth century, there were several other English makers of ability, some of whom were chiefly
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