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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1the model of Stradivari. The sound-holes are well cut. The thicknesses of his best instruments are well arranged, and the wood appears to have been selected with good judgment. The scrolls, whilst having much character, are somewhat roughly cut. The Violins belonging to his early period are chiefly of the Amatese character.
3RACCERIS, ——, Mantua, about 1670.
5RINALDI, Gioffredo, Turin. Chiefly known as a dealer in Violins. He exhibited a few Violins by Giovanni F. Pressenda at the Vienna Exhibition, 1873, and published a short notice of that maker, which he inscribed to the Archduke Rannieri.
7ROTA, Giovanni, Cremona. Yellow varnish, plain wood, heavy work, rough purfling.
9Joannes Rota fecit
10Cremone Anno 1808.
12ROVETTA, Bergamo, 1840—1870.
14RUGGERI, Francesco, Cremona, 1668—1720. Surnamed "Il Per."* The family of Ruggeri long occupied a foremost place in the city of Cremona as makers of Violins, Violas, and Violoncellos. Their position could have been but little if at all inferior to that of the Amati family. Francesco, in his earliest works,
16* I am informed "Il Per" was unquestionably a nickname, and may have been given to an older member of the family on account of a peculiarity in introducing the word per in conversation, as we introduce "because," "certainly," &c.
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