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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1SECTION VIII.
3French Makers.
5ALDRIC, Paris, 1830. Copied Stradiuarius with average ability. He was, perhaps, better known as a dealer in Cremonese instruments. He was one of the earliest French makers who dealt with Louis Tarisio, the famous Italian connoisseur.
7BENOIT, Brussels, 1758.
9BOCQUAY, Jacques, Paris, 1700—1730. One of the first of the old French school. He, with a few of his contemporaries, inherited a good amount of the Italian character of workmanship, introduced into France by Nicholas Rénault, a well-known French maker, who probably passed his early life among the Italians. Bocquay, with others whose names are mentioned in this list of French makers, used varnish closely allied to that of Cremona; its colour is a warm brown, very transparent and of a soft nature. He made many instruments of small size. The model is often that of Jerome Amati, but slightly more arched; the sound-hole is more rounded and less striking. The scroll can scarcely be considered a copy of Jerome Amati's; it is well cut, but lacks the force of the Italian. The tone is sweet, without much power.
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