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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
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1Ficker, Johann Gotlieb, probably also Neukirchen. About 1789.
3Filano, Donato, Naples. About 1782. A general maker of violins, mandolines, and guitars of very refined taste and skill in decorative work.
5Filano, Luigi, Naples. About 1859. Similar work, but chiefly guitars.
7Fille, La, a French maker of the 18th century, whose scrolls are cut into shapes of animal's heads and human faces.
9Filippi, Filippo, Rome, 19th century.
11Findlay, J., Padanaram, 19th century.
13Finer, Fratelli (Finer Brothers), Milan, 1764.
15Fiori, Amilcare, Casinalbo, 19th century.
17Fiori, Antonio, Modena, 19th century.
19Fiori, Gaetano, Modena, 19th century.
21Fiorillo, Geo., Ferrara. About 1780. This maker's instruments are highly arched, and a little after the style of Stainer. His basses are good.
23Fiorini, Raffaello. Born in Pianoro. This maker is somewhat interesting. When a child, a friend of the family named Jadolini, who had a brother a violin maker, used to make little fiddles for the boy. This excited his attention, and he began to make them himself. As time passed, the interest in the subject increased, and by and by (1867) he went to Bologna, and worked and studied there for some years, and finally opened a shop there. His son is
25Fiorini, Guiseppe, born in 1867. He showed the same instincts as his father, but the latter gave him a fairly good education first, and then, when the lad was
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