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The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, 1887
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1ciously selected. He took his sons into partnership in 1859 and retired from business in 1866. He died in 1870.
3BERTRAND, Nicolas, Paris, about 1700 to 1735, used varnish of a superior kind. He made many of the Viols of the type common in Paris, for some time after the Violin had been introduced; they were named Dessus-de-Viole, Pardessus, Quinton, and Vióle-haut-contre. His name is often seen branded on the backs of his instruments inside.
5BOIVIN, Claude, about 1749, Paris. M. Chouquet, in his Catalogue Raisonné of the instruments at the Paris Conservatoire, describes a Guitar by this maker, made for a daughter of Louis XV.
7BOQUAY, Jacques, Paris, 1700—1730. One of the first of the old French school. He, with a few of his contemporaries, inherited a good amount of the Italian character of workmanship introduced probably into France by Nicolas Rénault. Boquay, with others whose names are mentioned in this list of French makers, used varnish closely allied to that of Cremona; its colour is a warm brown, very transparent, and of a soft nature. He made many instruments of small size. The model is often that of Girolamo Amati, but slightly more arched; the sound-hole is more rounded and less striking. The scroll can scarcely be considered a copy of Girolamo Amati's; it is well cut, but lacks the peculiar grace of the Italian. The tone is sweet, without much power.
9BORLON, Artus or Arnould, about 1579, Antwerp, maker of stringed instruments (mentioned in the pamphlet by M. le Chevalier de Burbure).
11BORLON, or PORLON, Pierre, Antwerp, about 1647, of whom M. de Burbure says, "Pierre Borlon, or Porlon,
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