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

11 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026. Printed page 223. See the scan on archive.org.

1ZANOLI, Giacomo, 1740-80. Verona. Worked in Venice, Padua, and Verona. Venetian character.
2ZANOTTI, Antonio, Mantua, about 1734.
4Antonius Zanotus, fecit Mantuæ, anno 1734.
6ZANTI, Alessandro, Mantua, 1765. He copied Pietro Guarneri, but had little knowledge of varnishing, if we are to judge from the few instruments of this maker extant.
7ZANURE, Pietro, Brescia, 1509. A maker of Viols.
8ZENATTO, Pietro, Treviso, about 1634.
10Pietro Zenatto fece in Treviso Anno 1634.

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