Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884

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1maker is often credited with the work of the elder Albani, it having been supposed that there was but one of that name. The model is good, and the workmanship throughout demands high praise. Gerber states that the famous Violinist, Tomaso Albinoni, possessed two Violins of this maker, dated 1702 and 1709.
3ALBANI, ——, Sicily, about 1633. Probably related to the Albanis of Botzen.
5ALLETZIE, Paolo, Munich. (See Italian makers.)
7Paulus Alletzee hof
8Lauten und Geigen
9macher in Munchen 1710.
11ARTMANN, ——, Weimar, near Gotha, 18th century. Was originally a joiner. Copied Amati very cleverly. The varnish is frequently of amber colour.
13BACHMANN, Carl, Ludwig, born at Berlin 1716. Court musician and Violin maker. The work is clean and not without style. Bachmann was a performer on the Viol. In 1765 he was appointed instrument maker to the court of Frederick the Great. Bachmann, in conjunction with Ernest Benda, founded in 1770 the concerts for amateurs at Berlin. He died in 1800.
15BACHMANN, O., Halberstadt, Violin maker, and author of a handbook on the construction of bow instruments, published in 1835 at Leipsic.
17BAUSCH, Ludwig, C. A., Leipsic, born at Nüremberg, in 1815. Pupil of B. Fritsche in Dresden.
19BAUSCH Ludwig B. Son of the above.

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