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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1909
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1in-law of the Violin-maker Döpfer, and uncle of Nicolas Diehl, to whom he gave instructions in Violin-making.
3Steininger, Franz, St. Petersburg, son of Jacob Steininger.
5Stoss, ——. Makers of this name worked at Prague, Vienna, and Fussen, about the end of the 18th century.
7Stoss, Martin, Vienna, about 1824. Flat model, good workmanship. Stradivari pattern, indifferent varnish.
9Straube, ——, Berlin, about 1775.
11Strauss, Joseph, Neustadt, about 1750.
13Tieffenbrucker. There appear to have been several Lute-makers of this name working in the 16th century in Germany and elsewhere. No genuine Violins are known. See Duiffoprugcar.
15Tielke, Joachim, Hamburg, about 1539-92. The name of Tielke is associated with the most remarkable instruments of the Lute and Guitar kind ever produced in relation to rich and chaste ornamentation. It is said there are glowing accounts in old German books of the magnificent instruments by Tielke, with elaborate designs in silver, gold, and jewels.1 The ornamentation and workmanship seen in the best instruments of this maker bear the impress of Italian art of a high order, and evidence the employment of Italian draughtsmen by the
171 Engel's "Descriptive Catalogue of the Musical Instruments in Kensington Museum," 1874.
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