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Old violins and violin lore, 1900
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1DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS
3MARQUIS DE LAIR. Mirecourt, 1800. Violins and violoncellos of Stradivari pattern; work poor, the wood not good; varnish ugly brown; tone bad.
4MARSHALL, John. London about 1750-60. Stainer pattern; work good.
5MARTIN. A family of makers in Paris, chiefly repairers.
6MARTIN, Jules. Germigny, Vosges.
7MARTIN. London, 1790-95, who lived at Hermitage Bridge, Wapping.
8MAST, Jean Laurent. Paris, 1750. His instruments are well made; violins; blackish varnish.
9MAST, Josephus Laurent, son of Jean Laurent Mast. Mirecourt; still there in 1820; better than his father, but not very noteworthy.
10MAUCOTEL, Charles, brother of Charles Adolphe Maucotel. 1807-60. Mirecourt. Studied under Gand; went to London; excellent tone.
11MAUCOTEL, Charles Adolphe, brother of Charles. 1820-58, Mirecourt. Apprenticed in Mirecourt; went to Paris; worked under J. B. Vuillaume; excellent copyist of Stradivari.
12MAUSSIELL (or Mansiedl), Leonhardt. Nuremberg, 1720-50. Stainer pattern; very good.
13MAYR (Maier), Andreas Ferdinand. Salzburg, about 1740-80. Is said to have made the small violin on which Mozart learnt to play.
14MAYSON, Walter H. A maker in Manchester who began as an amateur, but soon adopted violin-making as a profession. His instruments are excellent.
15MEARES, Richard. A maker of lutes. London in 1677; lute and viol-maker on verge of the violin.
16MÉDARD, Antoine, b. 1621. (See p. 187.)
17MÉDARD, François.
18MÉDARD, Henri.
19MÉDARD, Jean.
20MÉDARD, Nicolas.
21MÉDARD, Sébastien.
22MEIBERI, Francesco. Leghorn, 1745-50.
23MELLING. Paris, 1753-71.
24MELLINI, Giovanni. Guastalla, Italy, 1768.
25MELONI, Antonio. Milan, about 1670-95. Followed the Amati pattern; his instruments are small, but good tone.
26MENNÉGAND, Charles. Nancy, 1885. Apprenticed at Mirecourt; went to Paris and Amsterdam; worked with Rambaux; returned to Turin; consummate repairer.
27MENNESSON, Emile. 1842-98, Rheims. Has made 2380 violins; fine copyist of Stradivari's "Messiah" period; gold medalist.
28MERIOTTE, Charles. Lyons about 1730-60. Made on the Stradivari pattern; yellow-brown varnish; good workmanship.
29MERLIN, Joseph. London, 1770-80. His violins and his mechanical pegs for violins and violoncellos at first the vogue, but have not maintained their place; he followed the high Stainer model; instruments were well made, but tone not good.
30MESSEGUER. A Spanish maker, 1646.
31METTE, François. A maker in the South of France.
32MEZADRI (Mezzadie), Alessandro. Ferrara, 1690-1720.
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