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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871
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1LIST OF VIOLIN MAKERS.
3SAINT, PAUL, Paris. Some of this maker's instruments are said to have been very fine.
4SALLE, 1800, an excellent French maker.
5SALO, Gaspar di, born in the town of Salo, upon Lake Garda, Brescia, 1560, 1610, one of the celebrated old artists. His instruments possess great power and excellence of tone. He was chiefly celebrated for his viols, basses, and double-bass viols. Amongst the numerous fine violins in the possession of Mr A. C. Mackenzie, of Edinburgh, is one by this maker of a somewhat small pattern, tone very full and powerful, with excellent varnish, arching of breast very elevated, and workmanship very fine.
6SALOMAN, Paris, about 1740, considered a good maker.
7SAPINO, 1630, a pupil of Giofreda Cappa, imitated the violins of Amati, and was formerly esteemed a good maker.
8SAUNIER, Lorraine, 1720, a pupil of Lambert, and surpassed his master in quality and finish.
9SCHEINLEAN, Jean M., Langenfield, 1730, 1771, a good maker, but his instruments are somewhat weak in the wood.
10SCHLICK, said to have discovered a process for rendering the wood free of water, acid, and resin. He also made good instruments.
11SCHMIDT, Cassel, 1817, recommended by Otto as a good maker. He used spirit-varnish.
12SCHONGER, G. Erfurt, made some very fine instruments.
13SERAPHINO, Sanctus, Venice, 1730, 1745, one of the Amati school, and a maker of excellent instruments.
14SMITH, Thomas, London, 1760, chiefly noted for his violoncellos.
15SOQUET, a good French maker.
16STATELMANN, Johann J., Vienna, 1784, a well-known excellent maker.
17STEINER, or STAINER, Jacob, Tyrol, 1650, 1700, a well known maker.
18STEINER, Marc, Tyrol, 1660, brother of the above, who assisted him in the workshop for several years.
19STEINER, Fred., 1729, imitated the foregoing makers.
20STIRRAT, Edinburgh, 1815, a pupil of Matthew Hardie, and only lived to work a few years on his own account. The violins of this maker are considered to have been superior to those of Hardie. Mr. Lowe, Hopetoun Rooms, Edinburgh, possesses a violin by this maker, dated 1815; this ranks amongst the finest of the instruments of this artist.
21STORIONI, or STORIONUS, Lorenzo (Laurence), Cremona, 1780, 1795, a famed maker; he imitated the model of Joseph Guarnerius. M. Vieuxtemps played for a time upon an
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