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Scan 267
Old violins and violin lore, 1900
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1OLD VIOLINS
3DODD, Thomas, third son of Edward Dodd. Employed Bernhard Fendt and Lott; proud of his varnish; an all-round man, and dealer in all sorts of instruments; violoncellos fetch £50.
4DODD, Edward and Thomas, sons of Thomas Dodd, sen. Both learnt from Bernhard Fendt, and carried on the business at St. Martin's Lane.
5DOMINICELLI (Domincelli). Ferrara, 1695–1715; studied in Brescia; copied the Amati pattern; varnish of a golden colour.
6DOMINICHINO, Giuseppe. Verona, 1700; Amati pattern.
7DONATO, Serafino. Venice, 1410–11.
8DONI, Rocco. A priest in Florence, 1600–60; made lutes and violins.
9DOPFER (Döpfer), Nicolaus. Mayence (?) about 1768; instruments well made, slightly arched; sound-holes small but well cut, varnish brown.
10DORANT, William. Spitalfields, 1814.
11DORFFEL (Dörffel), Johann Andreas. A violin and lute maker in Klingenthal, Saxony, in 1743.
12DRINDA, Giacomo. Pianzo, eighteenth century.
13DRÖGMEYER, Hermann August. Bremen; wrote a book on violins, 1891.
14DROULEAU or Droulot. Paris, 1788–1800.
15DROUYN, Dimanche. Paris.
16DUCHÉRON, Mathurin. Contemporary of Boquay, working in Paris in 1714.
17DUIFFOPRUGCAR (Duiffoproucart), Gaspard, 1514. (See p. 18.)
18DUKE, Richard. London about 1750–80. (See p. 132.)
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21DUKE, Richard, son of Richard Duke.
22DULFENN, Alexander. Leghorn in 1699.
23DUMÉNIL, N. Paris, 1786.
24DUMESNIL, Jacques. Paris about 1655–60.
25DUNCAN. Aberdeen, 1762.
26DUNCAN, George. Glasgow, 1887.
27DURFEL (Dürfell), J. G. Altenburg, 1778; double-basses excellent; violins very arched; muddy dark brown varnish.
28DU RIEZ, Nicolas. A good French maker; Abbeville, 1663.
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31EBERLE, Johann Ulrich. Prague about 1730–60; good Cremona copyist.
32EBERTI, Tommaso. Italian maker about 1730–50.
33EDLINGER, Thomas, b. in Bohemia, and was living in Prague 1712–15. Good.
34EGGLINGTON. London in 1802; fair tone.
35ELÉMENT, Jean Laurent. Paris in 1783.
36ELSLER (Esler), Johann Joseph. Mayence about 1715–30; bass viol maker; transition on verge of the violin.
37EMILIANI, Francesco de. Rome about 1715–20; fine workman; yellow varnish.
38ENGLEDER, Andreas. Munich, 1854; an original designer.
39ENGLEDER, Ludwig. Bamberg, 1854; German pattern; fair tone.
40ERNST, Franz Anton, b. Dec. 3, 1745, Georgethal, Bohemia; player and maker; Stradivari pattern, and some say approached Stradivari tone.
41EULRY-CLÉMENT. Mirecourt, 1800.
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