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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1The character of the work is wholly distinct. I can well understand the common error of attributing the instruments of Franciscus Stradiuarius to Carlo Bergonzi, there being many points in common, but that so many marked specimens of the work of Antonius should be deemed apocryphal is beyond my comprehension. The work of Franciscus is altogether less finished, but, at the same time, it shows the hand of the master. The design is bold and original. The sound-hole is quite unlike that of Antonius. The Tenor given as an illustration to this work is a fine, indeed, a perfect, specimen of this maker. The tone of Franciscus's instruments is invariably very rich and telling.
3Stradiuarius, Omobono, Cremona, 1720—1742.
4Brother of Franciscus.
6Omobonus Stradivarius figly Antony
7Cremone fecit, Anno 1740.
9Sursano, Spiritus, Coni, 1714—1735.
10Techler, David, Rome, 1680—1743. A highly esteemed maker. He worked in Venice, Salzburg, and Rome, chiefly in the latter city. His instruments vary in form, some having a markedly German style: they are high modelled, and the sound-hole partakes of the Stainer character. These were probably made in Salzburg to the order of his patrons. Those instruments which date from Rome are of the Italian type, and are so much superior to the others that it seems difficult to reconcile varieties so distinct as
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