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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1Bolles and Ross (one bass of Bolles I have known valued at £100). These were old." Our knowledge in these old days must have been very limited in all matters touching music, but from the above curious extract we glean that the Fiddle family was receiving some attention. The makers in England, whose instruments seem to have reached curiosity prices are Bolles, Jay. Barak Norman, Duke, Wamsley, Banks, and Forster; the value attached at different periods to the works of these men has nearly approached the prices of Cremonese work. Of course the high value set upon the instruments of the makers above named was confined to England.
3Turning to France, we find that many of the old French makers' instruments brought prices in excess of their original cost. The favourite French makers were Médard, Bocquay, Pierray, Gaviniès, of the old school; and Lupot and Pique of the modern.
5In Germany there have been makers whose works have brought very high prices. Stainer, Albani, Withalm, Scheinlein, are names that will serve to associate high values with German work. In the case of Jacobus Stainer, the celebrity of his instruments was not confined to Germany; they were highly prized by the English and French, and at one period were more valued than the best Amatis. It was not until the vast superiority of Italian Violins over all others was thoroughly recognised, that the love of the instrument as a curiosity reached its present climax. In Italy the value set upon the chief Cremonese works,
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