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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1909
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1TONONI, Giovanni, about 1700. Similar characteristics.
3TONONI, Felice, Bologna.
5TONONI, Guido, Bologna.
7TOPPANI, Angelo de, Rome, about 1740. Scarce; workmanship resembles that of Tecchler.
9TORTOBELLO, Francesco, Rome, 16—. Maggini characteristics.
11TRAPANI, Raffaele, Naples, about 1800. Large pattern; flat model; purfling deeply laid; edges sharp; scroll heavy.
13VALENZANO, Gio. Maria, Rome, 1771 to about 1830. Neapolitan character; neat work; varnish excellent in some specimens, being soft and transparent.
15VETRINI, Battista, Brescia, about 1629. Yellow varnish of good quality; handsome wood; rather small.
17VIMERCATI, Paolo, Venice, about 1700. Similar to Tononi. Jacob Stainer is said to have worked in the shop of Vimercati.
19WENGER, Padua, Lute-maker, 1622.
21ZANNETTO, Pellegrino, Brescia, 1547. M. Chouquet in his "Catalogue Raisonné" of the instruments at the Conservatoire in Paris, describes a six-string Viol da Gamba of this make.
23ZANOLA, Giovanni Battista. Flat model; rough workmanship; German character.
25Joannes Baptista Zanola, Verona, 17—
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