Books › Old violins and violin lore, 1900 › scan 297
Scan 297
Old violins and violin lore, 1900
22 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1OLD VIOLINS
3VINACCIA, Pasquale, son of Gaetano, 1806-81.
4VINCENZI, Luigi. Carpi in 1775.
5VIORILLO, Giovanni. Ferrara, 1780; followed Stainer pattern.
6VIR, Hieronimo di. Bresa, Silesia.
7VITOR, de. A maker in Brescia in 1740; instruments similar in appearance to those of Maggini; large pattern; fine workmanship.
8VITUS DE ANGELIS. Bologna, 1609.
9VIVOLI, Giovanni. Florence, 1642.
10VOEL, E. Mayence, 1840; his instruments follow the Stradivari more than the German pattern; general workmanship good.
11VOGEL, Wolfgang; d. Feb. 17, 1650, Nuremberg; instruments much liked.
12VOGLER, Johan Georg. Würzburg in 1749. Label: "Johann Georg Vogler, Lauten und Geigenmacher in Würzburg, 17—." His son was the celebrated Abbé Georg Joseph Vogler.
13VOGT. Good instruments, Vienna, in the Speigel-Gasse.
14VOIGT, Martin. Hamburg, 1726. His work is similar to that of Tielke. A bass-viol, the back inlaid in ivory, having Apollo, Venus, Mercury, and Diana represented, was dated Hamburg, 1726, and was exhibited at the South Kensington Museum, London, 1872.
15VOIRIN, François Nicolas. 1833, at Mirecourt; 1885, Paris. After working at Mirecourt, he went to Paris in 1855, and for fifteen years made bows for J. B. Vuillaume; he obtained as "collaborateur" a "mention honourable" at the 1867 Paris Exhibition; gold and silver medallist, Paris, 1867 and 1878; followed the Tourte pattern, but made the head of his bow less square; his workmanship shows wonderful finish and elegance. He was awarded a silver medal at the Paris Exhibition in 1878, the only prize given to bow-making; and some of his bows exhibited after his death at the Antwerp Exhibition were awarded a gold medal. He branded his bows with "F. N. Voirin, à Paris"; to this was added, on those bows exhibited at Paris, 1878, "Exposition, 1878."
16VUILLAUME, Claude; b. 1772, Mirecourt; d. 1834. He is the first member known of this family of violin-makers.
17VUILLAUME, Claude François, fourth son of Claude Vuillaume; b. March 1807, Mirecourt. His son, Sébastien, was also a maker.
18VUILLAUME, Jean; b. 1700; d. 1740. A maker in Mirecourt; is said to have been a pupil of Stradivari, but his work shows no sign of it.
19VUILLAUME, Jean Baptiste, eldest son of Claude Vuillaume. 1798, Mirecourt; 1875, at Paris. (See p. 110.)
20VUILLAUME, Nicolas, second son of Claude Vuillaume. 1800-71, Mirecourt. Worked with Jean Baptiste, his elder brother, for ten years at Paris.
21VUILLAUME, Nicolas François, third son of Claude Vuillaume. 1802, Mirecourt; 1876, Brabant. He worked with his brother, Jean Baptiste, Paris; made fair instruments, and
Makers on this page
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.