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The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, 1887
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1STEININGER, Franz, St. Petersburg, son of Jacob Steininger.
3STOSS, ——. Makers of this name worked at Prague, Vienna, and Füssen, about the end of the 18th century.
5STOSS, Martin, Vienna, about 1824. Flat model, good workmanship. Stradivari pattern, indifferent varnish.
7STRAUBE, ——, Berlin, about 1775.
9STRAUSS, Joseph, Neustadt, about 1750.
11TIELKE, Joachim, Hamburg, about 1539—1592. The name of Tielke is associated with the most remarkable instruments of the Lute and Guitar kind ever produced in relation to rich and chaste ornamentation. It is said there are glowing accounts in old German books of the magnificent instruments by Tielke, with elaborate designs in silver, gold, and jewels.1 The ornamentation and workmanship seen in the best instruments of this maker bear the impress of Italian art of a high order, and evidence the employment of Italian draughtsmen by the house of Tielke. In the collection of instruments at Kensington is a Chiterna (an instrument of the Lute kind) of this make. The body is ornamented with tortoiseshell, with mythological figures in ivory and precious stones. It is signed, and dated 1539. In the possession of Mr. George Donaldson is a Guitar of this maker, signed, and dated 1592, which is considered to be the most artistic and highly ornamented work known by Joachim Tielke. It is wonderfully preserved, and admirably shows the style and character of the art-work of the period.
13TIELKE, Joachim, Hamburg, about 1660—1686. Viol and Violin-maker. The dates met with on the instruments
151 Engel's "Descriptive Catalogue of the Musical Instruments in Kensington Museum," 1874.
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