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

89 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 489. See the scan on archive.org.

1(no line here) one of two readings
2INDEX. one of two readings
4Felden, M. … … … 253
5Fendt (or Fent) … … … 229
6Fendt, Bernard, an admirable workman, employed by Dodd and John Betts … … 294
7Fendt, Bernard Simon, a high-class maker Italian models … 296
8Fendt, Francis … … … 298
9Fendt, Jacob, clever copyist of Stradivari … … … 297
10Fendt, Martin … … … 297
11Fendt, William … … … 298
12Ferguson Donald … … … 298
13Fesca, Violinist, and his quartetts 393
14Festing, Michael Christian, and the Philharmonic Society and Royal Society of Musicians … 383
15Fétis, M., his Eastern theory of the Bow, 13; his notice of Stradivari … … … 192, 202
16f-holes, or Sound-holes, their importance … … … 39
17Fichold, Hans … … … 253
18Fichtl, Martin … … … 253
19Ficker, Johann Christian … 106, 253
20Ficker, Johann Gottlieb … 106, 253
21Fiddle Marks and the Credulous Dabblers … … … 437
22Fiddle Trade, The … … 457 one of two readings
23Fiddle Trade, The … … … 457 one of two readings
24Finger-board, The … … 38 one of two readings
25Finger-board, The … … … 38 one of two readings
26Fiorillo, Giovanni … … 106 one of two readings
27Fiorillo, Giovanni … … … 106 one of two readings
28Firth … … … 298
29Fischer, Zacharie … … 253 one of two readings
30Fischer, Zacharie … … … 253 one of two readings
31Flanders, early musical culture in 20
32Fleury, Benoist … … 229 one of two readings
33Fleury, Benoist … … … 229 one of two readings
34Forster, John … … … 298
35Forster, Simon Andrew … 301 one of two readings
36Forster, Simon Andrew … … 301 one of two readings
37Forster, William (i.), spinning-wheel and Violin-maker … 298
38Forster, William, (ii.), spinning-wheel and Violin-maker, and village Violinist, 299; copyist of Stainer, and of the Amatis; excellent character of his work; his instruments prized by Lindley … … … 300
39Forster, William (iii.), excellent work and model … … 301
40Forster, William (iv.), good work 301
41Fountain, Mr., his collection of instruments … … … 170
42"Four Corners" of the Violono … 24
43Fourrier, Nicolas … … 229 one of two readings
44Fourrier, Nicolas … … … 229 one of two readings
45Francis I. of Austria, an amateur musician … … … 473
46Frankland … … … 301
47Frei, Hans … … … 106
48French Makers, List of … … 222
49French School, the; sketch of its Rise and Progress … … 215
50Fretted Viols … … … 23
51Frey, Hans, Lute-maker, related to Albert Durer; his work praised by John Evelyn … 253
52Fritzche … … … … 253
53"Fugal Vortex," The Prince and the … … … … 466
54Furber, 301; copier of the "Betts" Stradivari … … 302
55Furber, Henry John … … 302
56(no line here) one of two readings
58G
59Gabrielli, Giovanni Battista … 106
60Gaffino, Giuseppe … … … 107
61Gagliano, Alessandro, pupil of A. Stradivari; description of his work … … … … 107 one of two readings
62Gagliano, Alessandro, pupil of A. Stradivari; description of his work … … … 107 one of two readings
63Gagliano, Antonio, Giovanni, Giuseppe, and Raffaele … 109
64Gagliano, Ferdinando … … 109
65Gagliano, Gennaro … … 108
66Gagliano, Niccolò … … 108
67Gainsborough as a Musician … 419
68Galbusera, C. A. … … … 1c9
69Ganassi, Silvestro, his work on the Viol … … … … 22 one of two readings
70Ganassi, Silvestro, his work on the Viol … … … 22 one of two readings
71Gand, Adolph … … … … 230 one of two readings
72Gand, Adolph … … … 230 one of two readings
73Gand, Eugène, partner with Bernadel Brothers … … 231
74Gand, François, pupil and son-in-law of Nicolas Lupot; excellent work, especially as a repairer … … … … 229 one of two readings
75Gand, François, pupil and son-in-law of Nicolas Lupot; excellent work, especially as a repairer … … … 229 one of two readings
76Garani, Michel Angelo … … 110
77Garani, Niccolo … … … 110
78Garrick and Cervetto … … 423
79Gasparo da Salò, inventor of the four-stringed Violin, 25; the first great artistic maker, 63; characteristics of his work 156—162
80Gatinari, Francesco … … 110
81Gaviniès, François, old French School; good quality, 231; his Concertos and Sonatas … 379
82Gedler, Johann A. … … 253
83Gedler, Johann B. … … 253
84Geiffenhof, Franz … … 254
85Geige, The, 17; derivation of … 18
86Geminiani, Francesco, his Sonatas and other works … … 373
87George III. and Elliston … … 425
88Gerbertus Martinus, De Cantu et Musica Sacra … … 7, 13, 14

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