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Old violins and violin lore, 1900
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1DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS
3BRETON, Le, b. 1780, at Mirecourt. No great value; 1812 to 1830.
4BROSCHI, Carlo. Parma, 1730-44.
5BROWN, James, b. 1755, d. Sept. 1830. Silk weaver in Shoreditch, London; pupil of Thomas Kennedy; chiefly a repairer of instruments.
6BROWN, James, jun., son of the above; both father and son fair workmen; b. Nov. 1786; d. 1860, at White Lion Street, Norton Folgate; apprenticed to his father, but was principally employed to make bows.
7BROWN, son and pupil of James Brown, jun. When about twenty years old, ceased to make instruments.
8BROWNE, John. Cornhill, London, 1743; copied Nicholas Amati.
9BRUBACH, Antoine, b. Jan. 22, 1847, Mirecourt; head of "Klein et Cie.," Rouen.
10BRUGÈRE, Charles Georges, b. Nov. 10, 1865, at Mirecourt; excellent maker; only labels what he makes himself.
11BRUGÈRE, Charles Malakoff, d. 1894. Son of above; made about 100 good fiddles; the family still work at Mirecourt.
12BRUGÈRE, François, brother of Charles Joseph Brugère. Had three sons, all makers.
13BUCHSTADTER (Buchstetter), Gabriel David. Ratisbon, 1752; Cremona flat pattern; good orchestral instruments.
14BUDIANI, Giavetta. Some of his large bass viols adapted for double-basses with four strings; contemporary of G. P. Maggini.
15BUONFIGLIUOLI, Pier Francesco. Florentine, seventeenth century.
16BURGLE, Johann. A maker in Griezbach, 1828.
17BUSAS, Domenico. Vicenza, 1740.
18BUSSETO (Buseto), Giammaria del. Cremonese viol-maker, 1540-80; said to have taught Andrea Amati.
19BUSOT. Paris, 1788.
20BUTHOD. Cheap Mirecourt maker; good strong fiddles fit for orchestral use; turned out about 900 instruments a year; contemporary of Vuillaume.
21CABROLI, Lorenzo. Milan about 1716; indifferent.
22CABROLY. Toulouse about 1740-47; fair.
23CAESTE, Gaetano. Cremona in 1677.
24CAESTO (Caesta), Pietro Antonio della. Treviso, 1660-80; copied Strad.
25CAHUSAC. London about 1788. Worked with Banks's sons.
26CALCANI (Calcagni), Bernardo. In Genoa, 1710-50; copied Strad carefully and with good effect.
27CALONARDI, Marco. Cremona, seventeenth century.
28CALOT (Callot), b. 1810. Paris and Mirecourt; fine workman: good tone.
29CALVAROLLA, Bartolommeo, of Torre Baldone (Bergamo). About 1753-67, Bologna and Bergamo; fair.
30CAMILLI, Camillus (Camilus di Camila). Mantua about 1739-50; copied Strad; resembles also Landolfi; excellent tone.
31CAMILLIO, Davido. Cremona, 1755.
32CAPP, Giofredo (Goffredo), 1590-1640. Worked with the Amatis; unequal in work; his instruments have often been cut down.
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