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Old violins and violin lore, 1900
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1DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS
3those of Louis Guersan, his contemporary; they have yellow-brown varnish; unequal maker; some good violoncellos and bass viols.
4SALZARD, F. Paris.
5SANONI, Giovanni Battista. Verona, 1740; instruments much arched; rose-coloured varnish; good work.
6SANTAGIULIANA, Giacinto. Venice, 1830.
7SANTE. Pesaro, 1670.
8SANTE, Giuseppe. Rome, 1778.
9SANTO, Giovanni. Naples, 1700-30; copied Amati; small pattern; well made; varnish poor.
10SANTO SERAFINO; b. at Udine; worked in Venice about 1710-48. (See p. 90.)
11SANZO SANTINO (Santo Sentino). Milan, 18th century; good; resembles Grancino.
12SARACENI, Domenico. Florence, 17th century.
13SARAILLAC, François. Lyons, 1678-1712.
14SASSANO. Fine Italian maker; rarely met with; yellow varnish; beautiful free tone.
15SAUNIER, Edmond. 1754-80, Bordeaux and Paris. Was a pupil of Lambert of Nancy, the "Carpenter," but did superior work.
16SAVANI, Giuseppe. Carpi, 1809.
17SAWITZKI (Sawicki), Nicolaus; b. 1792, Poland; d. 1850; settled in Vienna; good.
18SCARAMPELLA, Giuseppe, son of Paolo Scarampella; 1838-80 (?), Brescia, Paris, Florence. He restored the viola and the famous violoncello of Stradivari kept in the Istituto Musicale of Florence, and in 1884 succeeded Castellani as keeper of the collection of instruments there; makes new instruments, following the Stradivari or Guarneri del Gesù patterns; tone clear and strong; the work carefully done; reddish oil varnish.
19SCARAMPELLA, Paolo; b. Sept. 25, 1803, Brescia; d. April 7, 1870. A carpenter by trade, but made many violins, violoncellos, guitars, and mandolines.
20SCARAMPELLA, Stefano, son of Paolo Scarampella. Brescia, 1843; settled in Mantua; made many good violins.
21SCHAENDL, Anton. Mittenwald, 1753.
22SCHEINLEIN, Johann Michael, son and pupil of Matthäus Friedrich Scheinlein; 1751, Langenfeld; large Stainer pattern, but avoided the arching; full and pleasant tone; but wood not being thick enough, so not durable.
23SCHEINLEIN, Matthäus Friedrich, 1710, Langenfeld in Franken (Franconia); d. there, 1771. A violinist, but taking great interest in violin-making, began by repairing old instruments and finished by making new ones; much arched; dark brown varnish; work careful.
24SCHELMAYER, Christian. Cologne.
25SCHLICK, Leipzig.
26SCHMIDT. Cassel, 1817; Stradivari pattern, but edges are larger and purfling not so close to the sides; spirit varnish; wood of bad quality.
27SCHMIED. Vienna, 18th century.
28SCHÖNFELDER, Johann Adam. Neukirchen in 1743.
29SCHONGER, Franz. Erfurt, 18th century; fairly good.
30SCHONGER, Georg, son of Franz Schonger. Erfurt; better
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