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Old violins and violin lore, 1900
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1DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS
3was a fine copyist of Stradivari.
4VUILLAUME, Sébastien, son of Claude François Vuillaume; b. 1835; d. 1875, Paris. He was the last maker of this family, and continued to make bows on the same pattern as Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, having in his possession the machine for cutting bows which J. B. V. had invented shortly before his death. Bronze and silver medals: Paris, 1867; Havre, 1868.
6WAGNER, Benedict. A maker of lutes and violins in Estwangen in 1769.
7WAGNER, Joseph. Constance, 18th century.
8WALDANER. Fussen, 1770.
9WALTER, Jean. Paris, 1775-1800.
10WAMSLEY, Peter. A maker in London about 1715-51. He had at one time a great reputation, especially for his violoncellos. He copied the Stainer pattern very closely, and also made a few imitations of Stradivari instruments; but in his attempts to obtain an Italian quality of tone he thinned the wood too much, making the tone sound hollow. His violoncellos with thicker wood have a fine tone, so have his double-basses; the latter are rare, and generally have red varnish.
11WEAVER, Samuel. London; known by his printed label, "All sorts of musical instruments made and sold by Saml. Weaver on London Bridge."
12WEICKERT. Halle, 1800.
13WEIGERT, Johann Blasius. Linz, 1721; a viola d'amore known, labelled: "Joann Blasius Weigert Lauten und Geigenmacher in Linz, 1721."
14WEISZ (Weiss), Jacob. Salzburg, 1733-61.
15WENGER, Gregor Ferdinand. Salzburg, 1750-60.
16WENGER. Padua, 1622.
17WETTENENGEL, Gustav Adolph. Neukirchen, Saxony, 1828. He wrote an excellent practical treatise on violin-making.
18WEYMAN, Cornelius. Amsterdam, 1682.
19WIDHALM (Withalm), Leopold. Nuremberg, about 1750-80; imitated Stainer; wood carefully chosen, sometimes too thin; the varnish red colour, good quality. Several of his violins have double purfling, and are branded with his initials inside.
20WIGHTMAN, George. Only known by his label: "George Wightman, Wood Street, London, 1761."
21WILLEMS, Hendrick. Ghent, Belgium, 1650-1700. An alto of large pattern has remarkably fine wood used for the belly; the corners are prominent and squared at the end; Brescian model; the neck ends in a lion's head; the outline and the beautiful finish could almost be mistaken for Italian work, but the varnish is too dry. Nearly all his instruments have beautiful wood for the belly, but walnut, lime-tree, or plane-tree wood is frequently used for the back and the sides, especially in the case of the basses.
22WILLEMS, Hendrick. Ghent; some time after the previous Hendrick already mentioned. He made a violoncello or bass with five strings, labelled: "Heyndrick Willems tot
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