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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1diamond into a brilliant or a rose, are tasks equally difficult. The indifferent operator in both cases suffers more or less from the injury and annoyance his unskilfulness has occasioned. Borgis, a Venetian diamond-cutter, was employed by Shah Jehan to cut the Koh-i-nor, and in place of a reward was fined ten thousand ducats for his imperfect performance. Had it happened that some possessors of Cremonese gems had inflicted monetary or other punishment on incapable instrument-cutters, the world would have been richer in Cremonas. Mennégand was at Amsterdam for a few years, and returned to Paris in 1857.
3MIREMONT, Claude Augustin, Paris. Born at Mirecourt in 1827, removed to Paris in 1844. Miremont has made several excellent Violins, copies of Stradivari and Guarneri.
5MODESSIER, ——, Paris, 1810. Made several instruments of large pattern, excellent for orchestral purposes. Wood of good quality.
7NAMY, ——, Paris, 1780 to 1806.
9NEZOT, ——, about 1750, maker of Viols.
11NICOLAS, François, (Nicolas Fourrier), went from Mirecourt to Paris, where he is said to have worked from about 1784 to 1816.
13NICOLAS, Didier, Mirecourt 1757—1833. The instruments of this maker are chiefly of large size, the outline being after that of Stradivari. They are mostly stamped on the back, inside, "A la ville de Cremonne, D. Nicolas Aîné." Colour, yellow; tone
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