Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871

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1PANORMO; Vincenzio, Palermo 1750, England, 1775, an excellent maker.
2PANORMO, George L., son of the above, the celebrated bowmaker.
3PARKER, Daniel, London, 1710, an excellent English maker. The eminent connoisseur, Mr Lowe, of Edinburgh, possesses a fine specimen by this old artist.
4PASTA, Dominico and Gaetano, Brescia, 1710, good makers of the Amati school.
5PAZZINI, Giovanni Gaettano, Firenze, 1640, 1650, one of the Brescian school, and a pupil of Maggini, made good instruments.
6PEMBERTON, J., London, about 1570. The violins of this maker are said to have been good.
7PEZARD, Brescia, 1562, one of the early makers, and a contemporary of Maggini.
8PIERRET, or PIERRAY, C., Paris, 1710, 1730, made excellent violins after the model of Jerome Amati, but of no great finish.
9PITET, French maker, about the eighteenth century.
10PIQUE, Paris, a pupil of Saunier. His instruments have been highly recommended, but at the present time are held in no great esteem.
11PLACK, F. Schoenback, 1740, considered to have been a good maker.
12RAPHAEL, Nella, Brescia; beautifully finished instruments.
13RAUCH, Breslau and Wurtzburg, a family who are said to have produced some excellent instruments.
14RAUT, Jean, Rennes, 1780, a good French maker.
15RAYMAN, J., London, 1640, an excellent maker.
16RENAULT, Nicolas and John, good French makers.
17RIESS, Bamberg, also an excellent maker, who imitated Steiner.
18ROOK, Joseph, London, 1807, a good maker.
19RUDDIMAN, Thomas, Aberdeen, 1769, at that time ranked as among the best of our Northern makers.
20RUGGER, RUGGIERI, or ROGERIUS, Cremona, and Mantua, a family who made excellent instruments.
21RUGGER, Francis, Cremona, 1670, 1720, surnamed "Il Per," and a pupil of Amati. A violin by this maker is in the collection of Mr Malcolm, Perth.
22RUGGER, Vincent, Cremona, 1700, 1730.
23RUGGER, John Baptista, Brescia, 1691, 1725, a pupil of Nicolas Amati. Some of the violins of this maker have been sold for 6 guineas.
24RUGGER, Peter James, Brescia, 1700, 1720.
25RUPPERT, Francis, Erfurt, also an excellent maker.

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