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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1He brought it to France in 1664, and since that time it has been preserved by the makers mentioned above. His instruments certainly have the stamp of genius about them, and are distinct from the Italian and chiefly from Stradivarius. The form which he introduced into France was at once seen to be so far superior to anything the French had hitherto been accustomed to that it soon induced them to tread the same path. The next maker was Pique, who manufactured some excellent Violins and Violas in point of workmanship, and had he been equally successful in varnishing, would have been probably held in the same estimation as Nicholas Lupot, his fellow-workman; but there is this to be said, that Pique opened up the ground for Lupot. He showed what might be done in copying, and, possibly, caused Lupot to turn his attention to the matter of varnishing, that their instruments might be more complete. From these makers sprung quite a little school of its own, comprising Gand, the father of the present Gand, in Paris, who succeeded to the business of Lupot, and Bernadel, with several others less known. Mention must not be omitted of another successful copyist, Sylvestre, of Lyons. He has left some charming specimens of his art. They are lighter in character than the works of Nicholas Lupot, and resemble the work of Stradivarius from 1680 to 1710; while as every feature is artistically handled, and free from the common practice among French makers of pre-
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