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The fiddle fancier’s guide; a manual of information regarding violins, violas, basses and bows of classical and modern times, together with biographical notices and portraits of the most famous performers of these instruments

Fleming, James M., b. 1839, The fiddle fancier’s guide; a manual of information regarding violins, violas, basses and bows of classical and modern times, together with biographical notices and portraits of the most famous performers of these instruments (London: Haynes, Foucher & Co., 1892). archive.org, fiddlefanciersgu00flemiala. https://archive.org/details/fiddlefanciersgu00flemiala.

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Who this document names

Names 20 people on 12 scan pages; 2 have a record here.

  1. Feury, FRANCOIS scan page 175, line 6
  2. Fischer, ZACHARIE scan page 177, line 7
  3. Flett, BENOIST also printed as Flette, Benoist scan page 177, line 9
  4. Fleury, BENOIST scan page 177, line 11
  5. Foradori, GIOVANNI scan page 178, line 5
  6. Guadagnini, GUISSEPPE scan page 91, line 1
  7. Hemsch, Guillaume scan page 188, line 23
  8. Hemsch, Jean scan page 188, line 21
  9. Henoc, Jean scan page 188, line 27
  10. Hill, A scan page 98, line 3
  11. Hochbrucker scan page 189, line 11
  12. Kanigowski scan page 191, line 37
  13. Kennedy, A scan page 101, line 5
  14. Kirchhoff, A W scan page 192, line 4
  15. Kittel scan page 192, line 6
  16. Kleinmann, CORNELIUS scan page 192, line 8
  17. Kloss, E scan page 192, line 9
  18. Kugler, MAX scan page 192, line 21
  19. Mantovani scan page 198, line 9
  20. Nadermann, Jean scan page 206, line 11
Record details
Author
Fleming, James M., b. 1839
Title
The fiddle fancier's guide; a manual of information regarding violins, violas, basses and bows of classical and modern times, together with biographical notices and portraits of the most famous performers of these instruments
Place
London
Publisher
Haynes, Foucher & Co.
Date
1892
Repository
archive.org
Identifier
fiddlefanciersgu00flemiala

What rests on this source

  • Feury, François worked
  • Fischer, Zacharie draft
  • Flette, Benoist draft
  • Fleury, Benoist draft
  • Foradori, Giovanni draft
  • Guadagnini, Guisseppe worked
  • Hemsch, Guillaume draft
  • Hemsch, Jean draft
  • Henoc, Jean draft
  • Hill, A draft
  • Hochbrucker draft
  • Kanigowski draft
  • Kennedy, A draft
  • Kirchhoff, A W draft
  • Kittel draft
  • Kleinmann, Cornelius draft
  • Kloss, E draft
  • Kugler, Max draft
  • Mantovani draft
  • Nadermann, Jean draft

Everyone this source names

This document prints 20 names. A name found this way is the weakest thing this site records: the book names the person, and nothing more is said. It is not a line in a record — the lines that actually rest on this source are listed above, each with its own confidence. 20 of the names below reach a record on this site; lines from this source have been written for 2. The rest are names and nothing else — which is an honest description of the evidence, and an invitation: if you know one of these makers, we want to hear from you.

  1. Guadagnini, GUISSEPPE scan page 91, line 1 claim written

    GUADAGNINI, GUISSEPPE. Son of the preceeding. Was a violin maker in Milan, Como, and Parma, and employed his father's tickets. His instruments have a fairly good tone. — trade term as printed: "violin maker" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  2. Hill, A scan page 98, line 3 draft record
  3. Kirchhoff, A W scan page 192, line 4 draft record
  4. Kennedy, A scan page 101, line 5 draft record
  5. Foradori, GIOVANNI scan page 178, line 5 draft record
  6. Feury, FRANCOIS scan page 175, line 6 claim written

    FEURY, FRANCOIS, Paris, Dean of the Violin Maker's Guild for 1757. — trade term as printed: "Violin Maker's" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  7. Kittel scan page 192, line 6 draft record
  8. Fischer, ZACHARIE scan page 177, line 7 draft record
  9. Kleinmann, CORNELIUS scan page 192, line 8 draft record
  10. Flett, BENOIST scan page 177, line 9 draft record
  11. Kloss, E scan page 192, line 9 draft record
  12. Mantovani scan page 198, line 9 draft record
  13. Fleury, BENOIST scan page 177, line 11 draft record
  14. Hochbrucker scan page 189, line 11 draft record
  15. Nadermann, Jean scan page 206, line 11 draft record
  16. Hemsch, Jean scan page 188, line 21 draft record
  17. Kugler, MAX scan page 192, line 21 draft record
  18. Hemsch, Guillaume scan page 188, line 23 draft record
  19. Henoc, Jean scan page 188, line 27 draft record
  20. Kanigowski scan page 191, line 37 draft record