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Old Violins And Their Makers, 1883
13 lines. Read by computer on 30 September 2026. Printed page 85. See the scan on archive.org.
1The Cremonese School.
3possession of some relatives of the family. Off went my violin-hunter in quest of the treasure, and, after wandering about a little, he discovered it in the shape of this Bergonzi, much to his disgust, no doubt, for he left it there at the time, although it was afterwards brought over here. When I saw it, it was dismantled, and I had no opportunity of hearing its tone. Almost all Bergonzi's violoncellos have been cut down, as they were made too large. His varnish is reddish brown, and has sometimes the appearance of having been laid on thick, and to have cracked and become scurfy. This is another indication of the change in the direction
5Anno 1733 Carlo Bergonzi
6fece in Cremona
8Fig. 8. Ticket of Carlo Bergonzi.
10to which I have already referred, such appearance not being, I think, so much due to the thickness of the varnish as to the employment of different methods in its manufacture. His wood is generally fine. The arching fairly well pronounced. His ribs are almost always richly figured, but the corners are a little heavy, and the purfling of an ordinary character.
12Fig. 8 shows a facsimile of a printed ticket of Carlo Bergonzi. The dimensions and inclination of his sound holes are shown in the Frontispiece—Carlo Bergonzi.
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