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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1of manufacture would—associating mighty names with a subordinate one—dwarf the artistic achievements of Stradivari at the age of ninety-three, and of Titian at ninety-six. Upon turning to the information given by Count Cozio to Lancetti relative to Cappa, we have the following words: "I cannot ascertain the real Christian name of the first nor of the other Cappa, because two at least worked in succession in Piedmont, judging from the difference of style and make."
3CASINI, Antonio, Modena.
4Antonius Casini, fecit Mutine anno 1680.
6CASTAGNERI, Andrea, Paris, about 1735. This Italian maker appears to have settled in Paris. I have seen a Violin by Castagneri, date 1735; flat model, bold outline, and varnish of good quality.
8CASTRO, Venice, 1680—1720. The wood is of good figure generally. The outline is defective; the middle bouts are too long to be proportionate. Sound-hole roughly worked. Varnish red, the quality of which is scarcely up to the Venetian standard.
10CATENAR, Enrico, Turin, about 1671.
11Henricus Catenar, fecit Taurini anno 167—
13CELIONIATI, Gian Francesco, Turin, about 1734.
14Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus, fecit Taurini, anno 17—
15Appears to have copied the form of Amati. Yellow varnish, good workmanship.
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