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Scan 119
The story of the violin, 1904
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1Maggini and other Brescian Makers
3mented and the purfling double.¹ A very fine specimen of a Maggini violin belonged formerly to Charles de Bériot, and another to Hubert Léonard.
5Other Brescian makers, who were either contemporaries of Da Salo and Paolo Maggini, or followed them closely, imitating their (particularly Maggini's) work without ever attaining to its excellence, are mentioned in the Appendix. But there are two men, Antonio Maria Lausa (1530-50) and Peregrino Zanetto (1530-40), who arrest attention by reason of the early date of their activity. Both are said to have been makers of violins, and Lausa a close follower of Gasparo da Salo and Maggini. If so, how are we to account for this fact unless we go back to an influence antecedent to Da Salo?
7¹ For further details, see Gio. Paolo Maggini: His Life and Work; W. E. Hill & Sons, London.
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