Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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the violin its famous makers and their imitators, 1909

24 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 261. See the scan on archive.org.

1author of a handbook on the construction of bow instruments, published in 1835 at Leipsic.
3BAUSCH, Ludwig C. A., Leipsic, born at Nuremberg in 1815. Pupil of B. Fritsche in Dresden.
5BAUSCH, Ludwig B. Son of the above.
7BAUSCH, Otto B., Leipsic, born 1841, brother of the above.
9BECKMANN, Sweno, Stockholm, about 1700. The work is rough.
11BEDLER, ——, about 1750.
13BÈLA, Szepessy, born at Budapest in 1856. Now living in London.
15BINDERNAGEL, ——, Gotha, 18th century. Copied Amati chiefly. There are a few of his instruments which are on the model of Stradivari, and are highly valued in Germany.
17BUCHSTADTER, Gabriel David, Ratisbon, 18th century. His Violins are not equal in merit. Some have excellent wood, others very indifferent. When one of his best instruments can be procured, it is a good substitute for a second-class Italian.
19CHRISTA, Joseph Paul, Munich, 1730.
21Josephus Paulus Christa, Lauten und Geigenmacher in München. 17—
23DIEL, Martin (spelt Diehl by later members of the family), Mayence, worked with Nicolaus Döpfer, and later with Carl Helmer of Prague. He was a son-in-law of Döpfer.

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