Scan 149
The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1909
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1done. These moulds were doubtless lent to Michel Angelo Bergonzi, and were used by Niccolò as well as his father, which accounts for the form of their instruments being varied.
3Bergonzi, Zosimo, Cremona. Brother of Niccolò.
5Bergonzi, Carlo, Cremona, about 1780-1820. Son of Michel Angelo. He made a few Violins, large Stradivarius form, sound-holes straight and inelegant.
7Bergonzi, Benedetto, Cremona, died in 1840. Tarisio learned little points of interest concerning Stradivari and his contemporaries from Benedetto Bergonzi.
9Bertassi, Ambrogio, Piadena (near Cremona), about 1730.
11Bertolotti, Gaspar di. See Gaspar da Salò.
13Bianchi, Niccolò, Genoa and Nice. Worked until about 1875.
15Bimbi, Bartolommeo, Siena, 1753-69. High-built, small pattern, orange-yellow varnish.
17Bodio, G. B., Venice, about 1832. Good workmanship; oil varnish, wide purfling.
19Borelli, Andrea, Parma, about 1735. His instruments are little known; they resemble those of Giuseppe Guadagnini.
21Breensio, Girolamo (Breensius, Hieronymus), Bologna. Reference has been made to the Viols of this maker in the first section of this work.
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