Scan 160
The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
11 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 104. See the scan on archive.org.
1sound-holes are like those of the early instruments of the Amatis; the varnish is golden in colour and excellent in quality; the scroll, as usual with all imitations, is a weak feature.
2(no line here) one of two readings
4Petrus Antonius a Costa, fecit ad similitudinem illorum quos fecerunt Antonius & Hieronymus Fratres Amati Cremonenses Filii Andreæ. Tarvisii, 1757. one of two readings
6DARDELLI, Pietro, Mantua, about 1500. Is described as a maker of Lutes and Viols. M. Fétis relates, in his "Biographie des Musiciens," that the painter Richard, of Lyons, possessed about the year 1807 a beautiful Lute by this maker, which was made for the Duchess of Mantua. The instrument is described as richly inlaid with ebony, ivory, and silver, dated 1497, and having the name "Padre Dardelli." On the belly the Mantuan arms are represented. M. Fétis was unable to discover any tidings of this interesting instrument after the death of Richard. It may be mentioned that Dardelli was a Franciscan monk at Mantua, and occupied himself with making musical instruments and inlaying them. Work of any kind executed under such circumstances is rarely found to be other than artistic. Time was not monetarily appraised, hence the labour undertaken was a labour of love.
8DIEFFOPRUCHAR, Magno, Venice, 1612. Lutemaker. An instrument of this make is at the Academy of Music, Bologna. M. Engel remarks,* "There can be no doubt that we have here the
10* "Musical Myths and Facts," 1876.
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