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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1SECTION XII.—GERMAN AND DUTCH MAKERS.
3Alphabetical list of German Makers; their work and characteristics … … … … … 208—222
4Albani, father and son; earliest German Makers … 208
5Jacobs of Amsterdam; his work frequently credited to Amati … … … … … 212
6Sebastian Kloz; his Instruments highly valued … 213
7Jacob Stainer; high appreciation of his work; his model inferior to the Italian; his visits to Cremona; his original genius; high character of his workmanship; the "Elector Stainers;" his partial conversion to the Italian model; his early history obscure; his name very frequently pirated … … 216—220
9SECTION XIII.—THE VIOLIN AND ITS VOTARIES.
11The King of Instruments pays a double debt to its votaries, gratifying eye and ear … … … … 223
12Wendell Holmes's tribute of admiration … … … 224
13The Violin: its gradual growth as a curiosity … … 225
14Early prices in England and in Germany … … … 226
15Late introduction of Italian Instruments into Great Britain 227
16Slow but sure advance of the tide of their fortunes 228 et seq.
17Paganini brings out Guarnerius del Jesù to the daylight … 231
18Interesting circumstances connected with that event … 231
19Maggini's instruments, chaperoned by Charles de Bériot, rise immensely in value … … … … 233
20Louis Tarisio, his singular history and great services as a Collector … … … … … 235
21Dealers in and Collectors of Violins … … … 247
22The Gillott Collection, and its arrangement for auction … 250
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