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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1RUGERIUS, Guido, Cremona.
2RUGERIUS, Johannes Baptiste, Cremona and Brescia. The instruments of this maker are of a different pattern to those of Francesco. They are higher modelled, the sound-hole less elegant, and the scroll heavier. They possess, however, high merits, and command prices nearly equivalent to those of the instruments of Francesco.
4RUGERIUS, Pietro Giacomo, Brescia, 1700—1725. Pattern narrower than those of either Johannes Baptiste or Francesco. Scroll diminutive. Sound-hole resembles that of Francesco. Varnish very beautiful in quality. Signor Piatti's Violoncello is by this maker.
6RUGERIUS, Vincenzo, Cremona, 1700—1730.
7SALO, Gaspard di. He was born in the little town of Salo, on the lake of Garda, Lombardy. He worked between the years 1550—1612.
9The early history of this famous maker of stringed instruments is, like that of his compeers, unrecorded. There can be no doubt that Gaspard di Salo laid the foundation of the Italian style of Violin making. In his works may be traced the gradual development of the theory upon which his followers built their reputation, viz., a well-defined model, excellent materials, and choice varnish. It is to be regretted that his immediate
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