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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1Contents.
3Earliest makers of Viols in England … … … 167
4Semi-Italian character of their work … … … 168
5Benjamin Banks, "The English Amati" … … … 169
6Modern makers … … … … … 169
8SECTION X.—ENGLISH MAKERS.
10Alphabetical list of English Makers, ancient and modern; their characteristics … … … … 171—203
11Benjamin Banks, foremost in English School … 172
12Edward Betts; high character of his work … … 176
13Thomas Dodd; not himself a Maker, but an employer; of superior judgment; high value of his Varnish… 179
14Richard Duke, a "household word;" often counterfeited … … … … … 181—182
15Bernard Fendt and J. F. Lott; their connection with Dodd… … … … … … 182
16William Forster, father and son; their work very highly prized… … … … … 187
17Charles Harris; little known, but his work of high value … … … … … … 191
18John Thomas Hart; his position as Connoisseur and Collector … … … … … … 192
19Barak Norman; sterling character of his Instruments; earliest known English Maker of Violoncellos … 197
20Young, father and son; indebted to Purcell for immortality … … … … … … 203
22SECTION XI.—THE GERMAN SCHOOL.
24The Germans later in the field than the Italians—High-class work in Viols and Lutes—Jacobus Stainer, his great merits but faulty model—Few high-class Makers in this School … … … … 204—207
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