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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1The English possess some of the finest specimens of this maker, and were probably the first to recognise their sterling merits. In the correspondence which passed between Count Cozio di Salabue and Vincenzo Lancetti, in the year 1823, the Count says, "The instruments of G. B. Guadagnini were highly esteemed by connoisseurs and professional men in Holland and Germany."
3GUADAGNINI, Gaetano, Turin. Son of Giovanni Battista. Was both a maker and repairer of Violins; it was, however, in the latter capacity that his abilities were mainly exercised.
5GUADAGNINI, Giuseppe. Second son of Giovanni Battista. Worked with his father for some time at Turin. He ultimately went to Lombardy, and settled in Pavia, where he made a great number of instruments. The work and character belonging to these instruments is varied. The model is that of Stradivari. In some instances the sound-holes partake of the character of Giuseppe Guarneri. The varnish is inferior to that of his predecessors, and the wood often hard and plain. Some of his Violins bear the labels of his father, and were doubtless made when they were living together.
7GUADAGNINI, Carlo, Turin. Son of Gaetano Guadagnini. This maker is chiefly known as a maker of Guitars. Carlo left three sons, Gaetano, Giuseppe, and Felice. These are said to have been all makers of Violins, though they accomplished but little in that direction, giving their
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