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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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4evidence of their fertility of resource, but also in themselves most pleasing objects. If, in the sister art, Tintoretto had made it his sole business to copy Titian, the world would have been rich in copies of Titian, but poor in Tintorettos.
6The varnish of Montagnana has long excited the admiration of connoisseurs throughout Europe. The extreme richness and velvet-like softness which are its characteristics constitute it a fitting countersign of the workmanship of this great maker, an artist of the first magnitude. He made Violins, Violas, and Violoncellos. His Violins are of two sizes.
8MONTALDI, Gregorio, Cremona, 1730. Copied Stradivari.
10MORELLA, ——, Mantua, about 1550. M. Fétis, in his "Biographie Universelle des Musiciens," states that he was famous for his Viols and Lutes. S. Ang. Maffei, in his "Annali di Mantova" (fol. 147), highly praises the instruments made by Morella.
12NADOTTI, Giuseppe Piacenza. A Violin by this maker was recently exhibited at the Milan Exhibition, dated 1767.
14NELLA, Raffaele, Brescia, copied Maggini.
16ORTEGA, ——, Madrid, about 1840. Maker and restorer of instruments.
18PANDOLFI, Antonio, Venice. A Violin of this maker, dated 1719, was among the instruments exhibited at the Milan Exhibition in 1881.
20PANORMO, Vincenzo, Palermo, born about 1740,
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