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The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, 1887
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1DIEULAFAIT, ——, 1720, Viol-maker. A Viol da Gamba of this maker is at the Conservatoire, Paris.
3DROULOT, ——, Paris, 1788.
5DUCHERON, Mathurin, Paris, 1714.
7DU MESNIL, Jacques, Paris, about 1655.
9EESBROECK, Jean Van, 1585, Antwerp, Lute-maker. M. C. Chevalier de Brabure states he was the son of Josse van Eesbroeck, of Maria Kerck. Mention of these early makers of Lutes in Belgium serves to enlighten us as to the condition of music and musical instrument manufacture in that country at an early date. Historians often refer to the Chambers of Rhetoric. In the pamphlet of the Chevalier de Brabure we have many interesting particulars relative to the connexion of music with the guild of St. Luke at Antwerp. He speaks of the makers of Clavichords seeking for admission into the Guild in 1557, and adds that it was natural these makers should desire to belong to a corporation so great and honorable as that of St. Luke, which since 1480 had its Chambers of Rhetoric "dite de Violiren, de Violier."
11FALAISE, ——. Copied the Amatis and Stradivari. The workmanship may be likened to that of Pique. Varnish yellow and thin. There is no indication of a resort to any maturing process. Wood frequently handsome.
13FENDT, or FENT, ——, Paris, 1780. A maker known among French connoisseurs; related to the Fendts who worked in London.
15FLEURY, Benoist, Paris, from about 1755 to 1788. A Viol da Gamba of this maker from the Clapisson collection, is at the Conservatoire, Paris.
17FOURRIER, Nicolas, Mirecourt. See NICOLAS.
19GAND, François, Paris. He became a pupil of Nicolas Lupot in the year 1802. During his apprenticeship he
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