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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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1Noverci, Cosimo, Florence. About 1662. A lute maker.
3Noversi, Cosimo, Florence. 17th century. Looks very like the same name as preceding written down from a foreign pronunciation.
5Obbo, Marco, Naples. About 1712. A dealer somewhat after the style of Dodd and others, who had the instruments made for him and placed his own manuscript tickets inside. Ordinary work.
7Obici, Bartolomeo, Verona. About 1684.
9Obici, Prospero, Marano. 19th century. A repairer.
11Odoardi, Guiseppe, Ascoli. Died 1695. He was only twenty-eight years old when he died. He was a young man of considerable genius, and is said to have made upwards of two hundred instruments of exceedingly great merit, into which subsequent dealers have put Cremonese and Brescian tickets. A writer named Galeazzi says that he rivalled the finer Cremonese makers.
13Ohberg, Johann, Stockholm. About 1773. A good maker. Chiefly yellow varnish.
15Oliveri, Felice, Turin, 1883. Violins.
17Olivola, Francesco De, Rome (Sarzana), 1667. Violins.
19Ongaro, Ignazio, Venice, 1783. Violins.
21Orlandelli, Paolo, Codogna. 17th century. A dealer of the same type as Obbo.
23Orzero, Tommaso, Turin, 19th century. Violins.
25Ostler, Andrew, Breslau. About 1730. A viol maker. Yellow orange varnish. Common work.
27Ott, Johann, Nuremberg. About 1463. A lute maker.
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