Scan 107
The Violin: Its Famous Makers and their Imitators, 1875
10 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 65. See the scan on archive.org.
1ments are little known; they resemble those of Giuseppe Guadagnini.
3BUDIANI, Javietta, Brescia, 16th century. Numbers of the instruments of this maker have been attributed to Magini, from their double purfling and similarity of construction. It is a common practice to call all double-purflled instruments "Magini," and all those purflled with whalebone "Jacobs."
5CAMILAS, Camile de, Mantua, 1714.
7CAPP, Giofreda, Cremona, 1590—1640. Pupil of Antonius and Jerome Amati. Cappa worked during his early years at Cremona. After gaining some celebrity as a maker, he removed to Piedmont, possibly, that he might have greater scope for the exercise of his talents, it being, no doubt, difficult for him to obtain any important patronage, surrounded as he was at Cremona by so many famous men engaged in the same occupation as himself.
9The instruments of Cappa are, even now, little known in England, and twenty years since were recognized only by the most intelligent connoisseurs. The greater number of them consist of works of high merit, and, although not prized at present, must ultimately command prices proportionate to their real value. Their likeness to the instruments of the Amatis is in some instances peculiarly striking, but in others there is a marked dissimilarity. Particularly
Makers on this page
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.