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Old violins and violin lore, 1900
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1DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS
3at Naples; d. there about 1745.
4GAGLIANO, Raffaele and Antonio, sons of Giovanni, grandsons of Nicola.
5GAILLARD-LAJOU, J. B. Mirecourt; d. about 1870; first an apprentice and then first workman in the workshop of Gand; fair maker.
6GAIROUD, Louis. Nantes about 1740.
7GALBANI, Piero. Florence in 1640.
8GALBICELLIS, G. B. Florence, 1757.
9GALBUSERA, Carlo Antonio. Follower of Chanot; made a guitar-shaped model; violins much praised, but little known now.
10GALERZENA. Piedmont, 1790.
11GALLAND, Jean. Paris, rue St.-Honoré, about 1744-50.
12GALRAM, Joachim Joseph. Lisbon in 1769.
13GAND, Charles Adolphe, eldest son of Charles François Gand; b. Dec. 11, 1812, Paris; d. Jan. 24, 1866.
14Gand, Charles François, eldest son of Charles Michel Gand; b. Aug. 5, 1787, Versailles. (See p. 108.)
15GAND, Charles Michel, the head of the Gand family; b. 1748, at Mirecourt; d. 1820, Versailles.
16GAND, Charles Nicolas Eugène, second son of Charles François Gand; b. June 5, 1825, at Paris; d. Feb. 5, 1892, Boulogne-sur-Seine.
17GAND, Guillaume, second son of Charles Michel Gand, 1792-1858.
18GARANI (Garana), Michelangelo. A maker in Bologna about 1680 to 1720; small value.
19GARANI, Nicola. 1700. Fair instruments, Gagliano pattern; plain wood, yellow varnish.
20GARENGHI, Giuseppe. Brescia, 1857.
21GASPARO DA SALò, son of Francesco Bertolotti, b. 1542. (See p. 30.)
22GATTANANI. Piedmont, 1785-90.
23GATTINARI, Enrico. Turin, 1670-75.
24GATTINARI, Francesco, son of Enrico Gattinari. Good maker, 1700-5; red varnish.
25GAUTROT. Mirecourt, 1855.
26GAVINIÉS (Gavaniès), François. 1700-63, Bordeaux; 1730 Paris, and was living in Rue St.-Thomas-du-Louvre, 1734-63. Unequal maker of violins, some cheap and poor, others very superior.
27GEDLER, Johann Anthony and Johann Benedict. Fussen, Bavaria, about 1750-96. Poor violins.
28GEISENHOF (Geiffenhof, Geigenhof), Franz, b. 1754; d. 1821. Fairly good.
29GEMÜNDER, August, b. 1814, Württemberg; d. Sept., 1895, New York. Excellent maker, fine copyist.
30GEMUNDER, George, brother of August Gemünder, b. 1816 in Wurtemberg.
31GERMAIN, Emile, son of Joseph Louis Germain. Turin, 1870-88. Studied at Mirecourt. Prolific maker, good varnish, fair tone, fine repairer.
32GERMAIN, Joseph Louis, b. July 23, 1822, Mirecourt, 1868; worked with F. Gand family and B. Vuillaume. Excellent maker and repairer.
33GERONI, Domenico. Ostia, Italy, about 1800-20. Inferior.
34GHERARDI, Giacomo. Bologna, 1677.
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