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Old violins and violin lore, 1900

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1OLD VIOLINS
3CORNELLI, Carlo. Cremona, 1702.
4CORSBY, George. London; believed to be a brother of Corsby of Northampton.
5CORSBY. Northampton about 1780; chiefly made double-basses.
6COSTA, Agostino. Brescia and Venice in the seventeenth century.
7COSTA, Marco della. Treviso, 1660–80.
8COSTA, Pietro Antonio della. Worked in Treviso about 1740–65; fair Amati model.
9COUSINEAU, Georges, 1753–1824. In 1788 was entitled "Luthier de la reine;" made all sorts of instruments.
10CRAMOND, Charles. A maker in Aberdeen, 1821–34.
11CRASK, George. Worked in various places, Salford, Manchester, &c.; prolific worker; Italian pattern.
12CROSS, Nathaniel. London about 1700–51. (See p. 125.)
13CROWTHER, John, 1755–1810. He worked occasionally for John Kennedy.
14CUCHET, Gaspard, 1729.
15CUNAULT, Georges, b. 1856, Paris; Miremont, 1874–82; a good workman.
16CUNY. Paris about 1740.
17CUTHBERT. Maker of viols and violins in London, seventeenth century; fair.
18CUYPERS, Johannes. The Hague about 1779.
20DANIEL. Antwerp about 1636–56; two specimens in Antwerp Cathedral.
21DANIEL, Charles. Marseilles in 1762.
22DARCHE, C. F. Brussels; was a pupil of N. F. Vuillaume (a brother of the Parisian maker); better restorer than maker.
23DARCHE, Nicholas. Aix-la-Chapelle.
24DAVID. A contemporary of Pierray; Paris about 1730; indifferent.
25DAVIDSON, Hay. Huntly, 1870.
26DAVIS, Richard. London; employed by Norris and Barnes; but when Norris died in 1818, he succeeded to the business. He knew little of violin-making, and always remained more of a dealer in, than a maker of instruments.
27DAVIS, William. London (in 1846 sold business to Edward Withers); restored violins; Maucotel worked for him.
28DAY, John. Ingenious amateur maker, devoted to reproduction of Cremonas, nineteenth century.
29DEARLOVE, Mark. Leeds, 1812–20.
30DEARLOVE, Mark William, son of Mark Dearlove. Leeds, 1828–62; employed good workmen—Absam, Gough, Fryer.
31DECOMBE (not De Comble). Paris, eighteenth century.
32DE COMBLE, Ambroise, b. at Tournai, Belgium, end of the seventeenth century; worked till 1760; said to have been a pupil of Antonio Stradivari at Cremona; instruments scarce, well made, of excellent wood, and have a rich tone.
33DECONET, Michele. Venice about 1742–79; Cremona school.
34DEFRESNE, Pierre. Rouen, 1730.
35DEHAYE (Deshayes), nephew and only pupil of Salomon, 1775–1825, Paris; more dealer than maker; sold all sorts.
36DEHOMMAIS, 1870. Successful amateur maker.

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