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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1GUERSAN, Louis, succeeded Claude Pierray.
2Ludovicus Guersan prope Comædiam Gallicam, Lutetiæ,
3Anno 1766.
5HEL, ——, Lille, now living.
6HENRY, Jean Baptiste. Born 1757, near Mirecourt. Worked in Paris.
7HENRY, Jean Baptiste Felix, son of the above. Established in Paris 1817.
8HENRY, Charles, brother of the above, born 1803. Made several excellent instruments.
9HENRY, Octave, nephew of Charles.
10HENRY, Eugène, son of Charles, born in 1843.
11HOFMANS, Mathias, Antwerp, 1700—1725. A Kit of this maker was exhibited at Milan, 1870.
13JACOBS, Peeter, Amsterdam, 1690—1740. A close imitator of Niccolò Amati. Few makers have been more mistaken than Jacobs; so exact was he in following the model of Amati, that numbers of his Violins are passed by the inexperienced as original. He mostly selected the grand pattern of Amati for his model, which gave him full scope for the exercise of his powers. He selected wood as nearly as possible resembling that found in the works of Niccolò Amati. The backs are mostly of even grain, and compact; the modelling can only be found fault with near the purfling, where its sharpness at once catches the attention of the critic in these matters, and divulges the true author. The varnish, though good, is not equal to that of Amati. The scroll is inferior to the body in merit. The purfling
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