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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, 1892
8 lines. Read by computer on 29 August 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 99. See the scan on archive.org.
1regard to which the character of the wood may have had something to do. His varnish is magnificent—of a beautiful red orange, or deep golden red. His wood is always of the very finest, and his instruments are so scarce, that they are probably unobtainable except at prices for which one could get very good specimens of the greater Cremonese.
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6NICOLAS, DIDIER (Ainé). The best of a family of Mirecourt violin makers. He was born in Mirecourt, 1757, and died there in 1833. His genuine instruments are very good violins by this time. He copied Stradivari. Varnish a fine, lively, yellowish brown, sometimes slightly red. He has good margins, but rather irregular purfling. Tone very good. This maker was in fashion at one time, and his own violins are fashionable yet for that matter, but one result of his vogue is that a very large number of instruments are branded with his mark, although he had nothing to do with them. His brand, "A la ville de Cremonne D. Nicolas ainé" is formed into a triangle, with a small circle having D. N. and a small cross inside, placed in the middle of the triangle. He was succeeded by his son Joseph, who signed his own violins "J. Nicolas fils," and the widow of the latter sold the business, and the right to use the brands to H. Derazy, a Mirecourt maker already mentioned. one of two readings
7NICOLAS, DIDIER (Ainé). The best of a family of Mirecourt violin makers. He was born in Mirecourt, 1757, and died there in 1833. His genuine instruments are very good violins by this time. He copied Stradivari. Varnish a fine, lively, yellowish brown, sometimes slightly red. He has good margins, but rather irregular purfling. Tone very good. This maker was in fashion at one time, and his own violins are fashionable yet for that matter, but one result of his vogue is that a very large number of instruments are branded with his mark, although he had nothing to do with them. His brand, "A la ville de Cremonne D. Nicolas ainé" is formed into a triangle, with a small circle having D.N. and a small cross inside, placed in the middle of the triangle. He was succeeded by his son Joseph, who signed his own violins "J. Nicolas fils," and the widow of the latter sold the business, and the right to use the brands to H. Derazy, a Mirecourt maker already mentioned. one of two readings
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