Scan 124
The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, 1887
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1growth, and the last with that of home growth, which is coarse and plain. The backs are whole, or in two parts, seldom cut on the cross.
3Cappa —. Confusion has arisen from the dates on the Cappa labels extending, it is said, from 1590 to 1712, some dating from Saluzzo, others from Turin. To credit one maker with this long line of manufacture would—associating mighty names with a subordinate one—dwarf the artistic achievements of Stradivari at the age of ninety-three, and of Titian at ninety-six. Upon turning to the information given by Count Cozio to Lancetti relative to Cappa, we have the following words: "I cannot ascertain the real Christian name of the first nor of the other Cappa, because two at least worked in succession in Piedmont, judging from the difference of style and make."
5Carcassi, Francesco, Florence, about 1758.
6Carcassi, Lorenzo, about 1738.
7Casini, Antonio, Modena.
9Antonius Casini, fecit Mutine anno 1680.
11Castagneri, Andrea, Paris, about 1735. This Italian maker appears to have settled in Paris. I have seen a Violin by Castagneri, date 1735; flat model, bold outline, and varnish of good quality.
13Castellani, Pietro, Florence, died about 1820.
14Castellani, Luigi, Florence, died 1884.
16Castro, Venice, 1680—1720. The wood is of good figure generally. The outline is defective; the middle bouts are too long to be proportionate. Sound-hole roughly worked. Varnish red, the quality of which is scarcely up to the Venetian standard.
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