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The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, 1887
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1CONTENTS.
3said to have been a pupil of Niccolò Amati; his marriage; his appointment as Court Violin-maker; accused of heresy, and imprisoned; pecuniary difficulties, and sad end; his good name frequently clouded by inferior work falsely attributed to him—Stainer, Markus—Stainer, Andreas—Staugtinger, Mathias W.—Steininger, Jacob; related to Döpfer and Nicholas Diel—Steininger, Franz—Stoss—Stoss, Martin—Straube—Strauss, Joseph… 256—265
5TIELKE, JOACHIM (i.), Lute and Guitar-maker; rich and chaste ornamentation of his work; description of examples extant in England—TIELKE, JOACHIM (ii.); fine examples of a later maker of this name at South Kensington and elsewhere … … … … … … … … … … 265, 266
7VOEL, E.; excellent work; Stradivari model—Vogel, Wolfgang—Vogler, Johann Georg—Voight, Martin … … 266
8Wagner, Joseph—Weickert—Weigert—Weiss, Jacob—Wenger, G. F.—Widhalm, Leopold; follower of Stainer; careful finish and good varnish—Wyemann, Cornelius … 266, 267
9Zwerger, Antoni … … … … … … … … … … 267
11SECTION XI.—THE ENGLISH SCHOOL.
12Non-recognition of English makers by Continental writers on the Violin—Causes of the partial decadence of the art in this country as on the Continent—Earliest English makers, and their several models; School of English copyists 268—275
14SECTION XII.—ENGLISH MAKERS.
15Absam, Thomas—Adams—Addison, William—Aireton, Edmund, an excellent copyist of Amati—Aldred—Askey, Samuel … … … … … … … … … … 276
16Baines—Baker—Ballantine—BANKS, BENJAMIN; the foremost English maker, and termed "The English Amati;" high character of his work and varnish—Banks, Benjamin (2)—Banks, James and Henry—Barnes, Robert—Barrett, John, follower of Stainer; good quality of work—Barton, George—Betts, John, pupil of Richard Duke—BETTS, EDWARD, pupil of Duke, and an excellent copyist; high
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