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Old violins and violin lore, 1900
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1OLD VIOLINS
3than his father, and left some good violins; Italian pattern; good repairer.
4SCHORN, Johann Paul; 1680-1716, Innsbrück; made excellent violins; much arched; good varnish.
5SCHÜNEMANN, Otto. German; appointed Director of the School of Violin-Making at Schwerin.
6SCHULZ, Peter. Ratisbon, 1854; German school; good.
7SCHUSTER, Gebrüder. Brothers who make cheap fiddles, 75s., good tone, at Markneukirchen.
8SCHUSTER, Michael. Also connected with the business in Markneukirchen, Saxony,
9SCHWARTZ, Bernard. French maker who settled at Strasbourg, 1795-1822; two sons, both makers.
10SCHWARTZ, Georges Frédéric; 1785-1849; and Théophile Guillaume, 1787; Strasbourg, 1861, sons of Bernard Schwartz. Pupils of their father, and at his death succeeded to his business, which became "Frères Schwartz." Théophile was chiefly concerned in the instrument-making, Georges gave his time to making bows; he gained a well-merited reputation. His bows are generally marked near the nut with "Schwartz, Strasbourg."
11SCHWARTZ, Théophile Guillaume, son of Théophile Guillaume Schwartz; b. Sept. 3, 1821. In 1852 he succeeded to the business in Strasbourg at 2 Place Saint-Thomas; chiefly repairer.
12SCHWEIZER, Johann Baptist. Budapest, 1798-1875; pupil of Geisenhof in Vienna; his violins not arched; work neat.
14SEGHIER, Girolamo; b. 1646. Was a pupil of Nicola Amati, and was working under him, 1680-82.
15SENI, Francesco. Florence in 1634.
16SERASATI, Domenico. Naples, 1710-50; fair.
17SICILIANO (Ciciliano), Antonio. Venice about 1600. A tenor and a bass viola da gamba in the Modena Museum, Vienna.
18SICILIANO, Gioacchino, son of Antonio Siciliano. Venice about 1680.
19SILVESTRE, Hippolyte; 1808, Saint-Nicolas-du-Port (Meurthe); 1879, Sommerville, near Nancy. Was first a pupil of Blaise at Mirecourt, then of J. B. Vuillaume at Paris.
20SILVESTRE, Pierre, brother of Hippolyte; b. Aug. 9, 1801, at Sommerville, near Nancy; d. 1859, Lyons. Was also a pupil of Blaise at Mirecourt, then went to Paris; worked with Lupot; excellent violins; made about 350 instruments, bearing his label: "Pierre Silvestre à Lyon, 185—." When working with his brother, the label used was: "Petrus et Hippolytus Silvestre fratres fecerunt Lugdun."
21SIMON. Salzburg, 1722.
22SIMON, Claude. Paris, 1783-88.
23SIMON, P.; b. 1808, Mirecourt. Went to Paris in 1838, where he worked for some months under D. Peccate; then to J. B. Vuillaume; made most excellent bows, and generally marked them with "Simon, Paris," near the nut.
24SIMONIN, Charles. Mirecourt. Was apprenticed to J. B. Vuillaume at Paris, and became one of his most able
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