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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1attention chiefly to the restoration of old instruments
3GUADAGNINI, Antonio. Son of Gaetano and grandson of Carlo, born 1831, died 1881. Worked with much diligence, and produced a great number of instruments. His sons, Francesco and Giuseppe, now at Turin, are the representatives of a long line of Italian Violin-makers, and are learning the art so long associated with the family name, with a view to their following in the footsteps of their father Antonio.
5GUARNERI, Andrea, Cremona, 1630—1695. The name of "Guarnerius" is probably known to every possessor of a Violin throughout the world. The familiar style is attached to scores of copies and non-copies every week, and despatched to the four quarters of the globe. Little did Andrea imagine that he was destined to be the means of lifting his patronymic of Guarneri to such a giddy height!
7Andrea Guarneri, like Andrea Amati, was the pioneer of the family: but for his influence we might never have had the extraordinary works of his nephew, Giuseppe. How full of interest would the smallest events of Andrea's workshop life prove if we could only ascertain them! We know that in early years he was working at the side of Stradivari in the shop of their common master, Niccolò Amati. With what delight would any record, or
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