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

Scan 21

The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, 1887

6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.

1Bagatella, Antonio—Bagatella, Pietro—BALESTRIERI, TOMMASO; probably a pupil of Stradivari; his work rough, but vigorous, tone and varnish good; his instruments rising in value—Bassiano, Lute-maker, Rome—Bellosio, Anselmo—Bente, Matteo—BERGONZI, CARLO, pupil of Antonio Stradivari; his work closely resembling that of his great master, and of the highest class; increasing appreciation; comparison of his instruments with those of Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri; character of his varnish, &c.; Violoncellos and Double-Basses of this maker—Bergonzi, Michel Angelo—BERGONZI NICCOLÒ; character of his work—Bergonzi, Zosimo—Bergonzi, Carlo—Bergonzi, Benedetto—Bertassi, Ambrogio—Borelli, Andrea—Brensio Girolamo—Brescia, da, Battista—Broschi, Carlo—Budiani, Giovita—Busseto, Giovanni … 113—120
2Calcagni, Bernardo—Calvarola, Bartolommeo—Camilli, Camillo—CAPP, GIOFFREDO, pupil of the Brothers Amati; character of his work, in Violins and Violoncellos—Casini, Antonio—Castro—Catenar, Enrico—Celioniati, Gian Francesco—Cerin, Marco Antonio—Ceruti, Giovanni Battista, a prolific workman—Ceruti, Giuseppe—Ceruti, Enrico, son of Giuseppe; his work much valued by Italian players; exhibited in London and Milan Exhibitions—Cristofori, Bartolommeo—Circapa, Tommaso—Cocco, Cristoforo—Contreras, Joseph—Cordano, Jacopo Filippo—Costa, Pietro Antonio dalla; skilful copier of Amati 120—125
3Dardelli, Pietro; a Franciscan Monk; his Viols and Lutes—Dominicelli, Ferrara—DUIFFOPRUGCAR, MAGNO (Magnus Tieffenbrucker)—DUIFFOPRUGCAR, GASPAR; high character of his Viols … … … … … 126, 127
4Farinato, Paolo—Ficker, Johann Christian—Ficker, Johann Gottlieb—Fiorillo, Giovanni—Frei, Hans, Lute and Viol-maker … … … … … … … 127
5GABRIELLI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA; his Violoncellos and Violins of high character—Gaffino, Giuseppe—GAGLIANO, ALESSANDRO, pupil of Antonio Stradivari; character of his work—Gagliano, Gennaro—Gagliano Niccolò—Gagliano, Ferdinando—Gagliano, Giuseppe—Gagliano, Giovanni,

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