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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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1Moudoit. A maker of viols in the 16th century. He is said to have reduced the number of the strings.
3Mucchi, Antonio (called Bastia), Modena, 1800. Died 1883. He was a magnificent restorer of old violins. He was a pupil of a Modenese maker named Soliani, and his instruments have something of the style of Guadagnini. Varnish golden amber.
5Murdoch, A., Aberdeen. Modern.
7Musan, Domenico, Venice, 1756. A maker of double basses.
9Muzzarelli, Ospitaletto, 1880. Violins.
11Nadermann, Jean Henri, Paris, 1774. Dean of the Paris Violin Makers' Guild for this year. He was not a violin maker, but one of a family of harp makers.
13Nadotti, Guiseppe, Piacenza. About 1767. Violins.
15Naldi, Antonio, Florence. About 1550. He was a musician, and is said to have invented the theorbo.
17Namy, Paris, 1772—1806. A famous repairer regarding whose talent in this direction the Abbe Sibire went into raptures, stating that he could tell at a glance whenever he saw a violin repaired by Namy, just as he could tell at a glance whenever he saw a Cremona violin. This is a specimen of connoisseurship "unconditioned" as philosophers would say, and now-a-days is characteristic only of those whose self-confidence has surmounted the level of their experience. Had the Abbe just qualified his statement with "sometimes," "often," "very frequently," or even "nearly always," one would have had less inclination to discount his enthusiasm.
19Naylor, Isaac, Leeds, 1778—92.
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