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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1GIORDANE.
2GOBETTI, Franciscus (sometimes called Gobit), Venice, 1690—1715. This is one of the little-known makers, a fact which may be attributed to the practice common some years ago of removing the original label of an instrument and substituting another bearing a name more likely from its familiarity to command attention.
4When we see Violins bearing the stamp of genius upon them, and reflecting much credit on the maker, the lovers of the instruments cannot but regret that the author should have been eclipsed, and deprived of his just praise.
6Had the name of Gobit been permitted to associate itself with the instruments into which it was originally placed, they would have been as highly valued as any belonging to the Venetian school, with the single exception of Domenicus Montagnana. The admirers of that finished maker, Sanctus Seraphino, may perhaps dispute the justice of this observation, but, having carefully weighed the merits of both Sanctus Seraphin and Gobit, I have no hesitation in awarding to the latter the foremost place. Gobit's style is superior, being more Cremonese than Venetian; and further, his model is preferable.
8Gobit has been considered to have been a pupil of Antonius Stradiuarius, possibly with some reason, for his instruments bear a similarity to the early
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