Scan 270
The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1HÜLLER, Augustine, Shöneck, 1775.
2HÜNGER, Christopher Frederick, Leipsic, 1780.
3One of the best German makers.
4JACOBI, Meissen. A famous Lute maker.
5JACOBS, Amsterdam, 1690—1740. A close imitator of Nicholas Amati. Few makers have been more mistaken than Jacobs; so exact was he in following the model of Amati, that numbers of his Violins are passed by the inexperienced as original. He mostly selected the grand pattern of Amati for his model, which gave him full scope for the exercise of his powers. He selected wood as nearly as possible resembling that found in the works of Nicholas Amati. The backs are mostly of even grain, and compact; the modelling can only be found fault with near the purfling, where its sharpness at once catches the attention of the critic in these matters, and divulges the true author. The varnish, though good, is not equal to that of Amati. The scroll is inferior to the body in merit. The purfling is of whalebone, like that of most of the Dutch makers.
6JACOBS, Amsterdam, probably a son of the above. Excellent varnish of deep red, very transparent, full of character, but wanting in finish. Purfling embedded.
7KAMBL, Johann Cornelius, 1640.
8Johan Andreas Kämbl Churfürftl.
9Hof Lauten und Oeigenmacher
10in München.
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