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The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, 1887

31 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.

1FISCHER, Zacharie, Würtzburg, 1730. This maker adopted the practice of baking the wood for the manufacture of Violins.
3FISCHER, Anton, Vienna, about 1848.
5FREY, Hans, Nüremberg and Bologna, born about 1440. A celebrated maker of Lutes. He was the father-in-law of Albert Durer. John Evelyn, in his Diary, 1645, after speaking in praise of the cheese and sausages of Bologna, refers to the great celebrity of the Lutes by the old masters of that city, and mentions Hans Frey. He says they "were of extraordinary price, and the workmen were chiefly Germans." one of two readings
6FREY, Hans, Nuremberg and Bologna, born about 1440. A celebrated maker of Lutes. He was the father-in-law of Albert Durer. John Evelyn, in his Diary, 1645, after speaking in praise of the cheese and sausages of Bologna, refers to the great celebrity of the Lutes by the old masters of that city, and mentions Hans Frey. He says they "were of extraordinary price, and the workmen were chiefly Germans." one of two readings
8FRITZCHE, ——, Leipsic, about 1780—1810.
10GEDLER, Johann A., Fussen, about 1750.
12GEDLER, Johann B., Fussen, about 1780.
14GEIFFENHOF, Franz, Vienna, about 1812. The initials F. G. sometimes branded on the button. Stradivari model. Good work.
16GERLE, Johann, Nuremberg, 1533 to about 1550. Maker of Lutes and Viols. He also published a book on the Lute, 1533.
18GRIESSER, Matthias, Inspruck, 1727.
20GRIMM, Carl, Berlin, born about 1794. He died at Berlin, 1855.
22GROBITZ, A., Warsaw, about 1750.
24GUGEMMOS, ——, Bavaria, 17—. Indifferent work.
26HAENSEL, Johann A., Berlin. Contributed an article to the "Leipsic Musical Gazette" in 1811, entitled "Ueber den Bau der Violin."
28HAMBERGER, Joseph, Presburg, 1845.
30HAMM, Johann Gottfried, Rome, 18th century. Made instruments of a wide pattern, often with ivory edges, and branded inside with his initials.

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