Scan 365

The story of the violin, 1904

41 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 307. See the scan on archive.org.

A town on its own line is one of the directory's headings. That is where the town on a maker's page comes from.

1Appendix C

3*Alexander Gagliano (Naples, 1695-1730)

4 { Nicolo Gagliano (1700-41).

5 Giuseppe Gagliano (1740-50).

6 Ferdinando Gagliano (1740-1800).

7 Gennaro Gagliano (1700-50).

8*Francesco Gobetti (Venice, 1690-1720).

9*Domenico Montagnana (Venice, 1700-50)

10*Gregorio Montade (Cremona, 1670-1730)

11 Tomaso Balestrieri (Mantua, 1720-50)

12 } thought by some to be imitators only.

14Imitators.

16Pietro della Costa, or Caesta (Trevisa, 1660-80).

17Michael Angelo Garani (Bologna, 1685-1715).

18Carlo Guiseppe Testore (Cremona, 1690-1710), imitated also Joseph Guarnerius.

19*Giovanni Baptista de Gabicellis (Florence, 1745-60).

20Gaspard Assaloni (1690-1710).

21Hans Mans (Naples, 1710-50).

22Lucas Maher (1714-1730).

23Spirito Sursano (1714-20).

24Francesco di Milano (1742).

25*Camillus de Camile (Mantua, 1720-50).

26*Vincenso Panormo (1740).

27*Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi (Milan, 1750-60).

28 Catena (Turin, 1746).

29*Gio. Battista Gabrielli (Florence, 1745-60).

30 Antonio Bagetella (1782).

31 Laurentius Storioni (1780-1804), the last Cremonese maker.

33* Those marked with stars are the more eminent ones.

35Various other Italian Makers.

37Testator il Vecchio (1560), Milan.

38Joh. Baptista and Peter Jacob Rugger (17th century)

39 Vettrini (1630), Mezzabotte (1720)

40 } Brescia.

The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.