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The Fiddle Fancier's Guide: A Manual of Information Regarding Violins …, 1892
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1ment with Thomas Dodd already mentioned. His instruments are beautiful specimens of his art; having a tone which is exquisite in quality and may quite truthfully be described as Cremonese in that respect. The varnish which Dodd put on, although not exactly what he professes it to be, is a very fine varnish, and might readily mislead people who have not seen examples of Cremonese. Bernhard Fendt also worked for John Betts.
3FENDT, BERNARD SIMON, London. Born in 1800, died 1851. He was a son of the previous maker. He spells "Bernard," as will be observed, without the letter "h." Like his father, he was a splendid maker, and has produced work which will rank with some of the finest Italian. Indeed, in the prime matter of tone, his earlier instruments are now almost quite in line with the best of the Italians for quality. There is a rich roundness on all the strings which is rarely found in any instruments other than Cremonese. His work is of fine Italian style, having a brilliant orange varnish, spacious margins, full and handsome sides, elegant arching, and very good and neat purfling, while his scrolls are exceedingly fine. Altogether his earlier instruments are splendid productions. He also made a number of excellent double basses and 'cellos, and in 1851 he displayed at the great International Exhibition in London a quartet consisting of violin, viola, violoncello and double bass, which, in the opinion of almost every competent judge in the country, surpassed anything exhibited in that show. The most competent judges did not, however, happen to be the jury on that occa-
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