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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1varnish is equal to any belonging to the Venetian school, and its beauty is second only to that of Cremona; its colour is generally a pale red, of considerable transparency. The wood is most handsome. These Venetians were not a little happy in selecting beautiful wood; in fact, it is scarcely possible to discover a single Venetian instrument the wood of which is plain. The tone of Gobetti's works is round, without great power; but the quality is singularly sweet.
3GOFRILLER, Matteo, Venice, 1700—1725. The workmanship is usually of a good kind, and the wood of good quality. The style is, however, different to that we are accustomed to associate with Italy.
5GOFRILLER, Francesco, Venice. Brother of the above, with whom he worked.
7GRAGNANI, Antonio, Leghorn. Usually branded his initials below the tail-pin. Varnish somewhat hard; ordinary wood. The tone is often of good quality.
9GRANCINO, Paolo, Milan, 1665—1692. Pupil of Niccolò Amati. The Grancino family, as makers of Violins, commence with this maker, and occupy a similar position, as followers of the Amati pattern, to that of the Gagliani as imitators of Stradivari. Paolo Grancino was pupil of Niccolò Amati. There is noticeable in his instruments that gradual development of ideas which is always associated with the
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