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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1scarcely be considered copies of that maker, the outline only being retained, while the other features are dissimilar. The wood is rarely handsome, but its quality is good. The thicknesses are variable. The work is of average merit. Varnish is of a pale red colour.
3PIETE, Noel, Paris, 1780. Made many Violins, having good points.
5PIQUE, Paris, 1792. As a copyist of Stradiuarius, this maker approached, perhaps, nearest to Nicholas Lupot. It has been supposed that many Violins bearing the name of Pique were made by Lupot, and varnished only by Pique. This, however, is pure conjecture, which the marked dissimilarity between the work of Pique and that of Lupot at once disposes of. There are several specimens of Pique's instruments upon which have been lavished care and skill of a very high order. Each feature is brought out, while, at the same time, that common error of the copyist, exaggeration, is avoided. The scrolls are well executed both in point of finish and style. The sound-hole also is cut with precision. Many of his instruments have whole backs of well-chosen material; the bellies are all of fine quality of wood. The instruments of Pique have long been esteemed, and will grow in reputation.
7PONS, Paris.
9PONS, Grenoble, 1790.
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