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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1Stainers," 264; his personal history, by Herr S. Ruf and Counsellor von Sardagna, 265, 267; Dr. Johann Schuler's novel, "Jacob Stainer," 265; his marriage, 267; his imprisonment for heresy, 268; his poverty and sad death, 268; his numerous followers and libellists … … … 269
2Stainer, Markus … … … 269
3Staugtinger, Mathias … … 269
4Steininger, Franz … … … 270
5Steininger, Jacob … … … 269
6Sterne, Laurence, on Hobby-horses … … … 319
7Stolen "Strad," A … … … 430
8Storioni, Lorenzo, follower of Guarneri del Gesù; his freak as to placing the sound-holes; his Violins roughly finished, but valued for acoustical properties … … … 164, 165
9Stoss … … … 270
10Stoss, Martin … … … 270
11Stradivari, Antonio, his renown beyond that of all others, 166; date of birth, 167; Paolo Lombardini's pamphlet on his life, 167; his marriage, and pedigree of his family, 168-9; affinity of his work with that of his master, Niccolò Amati, 171; second epoch, and change of style, 172, 178; possessor of the tools and models of N. Amati; his house at Cremona; extracts from Desiderio Arisi; Vincenzo Lancetti on the purchase of Stradivari's models and tools by Count Cozio di Salabue; the letters of Paolo and Antonio Stradivari, junior, in reference thereto, 178; splendid character of his varnish, 179; Cardinal Orsini's and the Duke of Modena's patronage, 180; the "Long Strad," 181; his work for the Spanish Court and for the Grand Duke of Tuscany, 182; letter of Marquis Ariberti, 183; a "Concerto of Violins," the "golden period," 185; the "Betts Strad," 187; variations in qualities of wood, 188; the "Dolphin Strad," 190; Prince Eugene and war in Cremona, 192; visit of Philip V. of Spain to Italy, and entry into Cremona, 193; Stradivari's instruments for presentation to Philip, and to the Archduke Charles of Austria, 194; letter of Lorenzo Giustiniani to Stradivari, 195; characteristics of the instruments of his later period, 198, 199; place of his burial, 200; indifference of Stradivari's own townsmen as to his remains, 204; further notice of Count Cozio di Salabue relative to the Stradivari reliques, 207—211, and 346—352
12Stradivari, Francesco, son and successor of Antonio; excellent character of work, 205; age, and date of death … … 206
13Stradivari, Omobono, successor to the business of his father Antonio … … … 206
14Stradivari, Paolo, cloth merchant; his correspondence with Count Cozio di Salabue relative to the Stradivari reliques, 207—211, and 346—350
15Straube … … … … 270
16Strauss, Joseph … … … 270
17Stregner, Magno, Lute-maker … 164
18Stringing the Violin … … 48
19Strings, Italian and other, 41; causes of variation in the quality of, 45; how to choose them, 42, 47; material used in their manufacture, 43; experiments on the tension of … 51
20Sursano, Spirito … … … 211
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22Tanegia, Carlo Antonio … … 211
23Taningard, Giorgio … … 211
24Tarisio, Luigi, and his collection of Violins; his singular career and character, and painful end 331—343
25Tartini, Giuseppe; his musical compositions; high opinion of Dr. Burney on … … 374
26Tartini, Signor, on the treatment of the Violin … … 476
27Taylor, meritorious work … 317
28Tension and pressure of Violin Strings … … … 51
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