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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1909
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1Platner, Michel, resemblance of his work to that of Tecchler 160
2Pleasures of Imagination … 497
3Plectrum, Reference to… … 5
4Plowden Collection, The … 367
5Pollitzer, Adolphe … … 396
6Pollusca, Antonio … … 161
7Pons, César … … 252
8Pons, Guitar-maker … … 252
9Pope Pius IX. and the musician 499
10Porlon, Peeter (or Borlon) … 233
11Possen, L. … … 269
12Postiglione, V. … … 161
13Powell … … 326
14Pressenda, Giovanni Francesco, high character of his work, and especially of his varnish; his instruments of Amatese and Stradivarian models … 161
15Preston, John … … 327
16Prices of Violins, &c., at various periods 334-338
17"Prison Fiddles," of Guarneri del Gesù … … 140
18Progress of the Violin … … 375
19Provence and the origin of the Geige … … … 18
20Ptolomeus, Claudius, on Harmonic Sounds… … … 6
21Puppo, Violinist, Anecdote of… 495
22Purcell, Henry, his Sonatas, … 383
23Purfling of the Violin, 40; of the Brothers Amati … … 84
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26Quack Violin-Doctors … … 41
27Quantz, Johann, Flautist, and Frederick the Great … … 269
28Quartett Association, The … 402
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31Rabenalt, Theodore, his drama, "Jacob Stainer" … … 277
32Racceris … … … 163
33Rambaux, Claude Victor; a clever repairer … … 252
34Rance, T…. … … 252
35Rauch … … … 269
36Rauch, Jacob … … 269
37Rauch, Sebastian … … 269
38Raut, Jean … … … 252
39Ravanon, King of Ceylon, and his instrument called the "Ravanastron" … … 4
40Rawlins, Henry, patronised by Giardini … … … 327
41Rayman, Jacob, founder of English Violin-making; good character of work and varnish 327
42Reade, Charles, on the "Four Corners" of the Violono, 25; on the Violins of Stradivari, 201; on the art of "cutting," 249; his letter on the Betts Stradivari … … … 467
43Rebab, taken to Spain by the Moors, 7; in Egypt … … 8
44Rebec, Origin of … … 7
45Reichel, Johann Conrad … 269
46Reichel, Johann Gottfried … 269
47Reichers, August … … 269
48Remy … … … 252
49Remy, Jean Mathurin … … 252
50Remy, Jules … … 252
51Renaudin, Léopold … … 252
52Renault, Nicolas… … … 252
53Ribeca, alleged Arabian origin 7
54Richards, Edwin … … 328
55Riess … … … 269
56Rinaldi, Gioffredo … … 163
57Rivolta, G. … … … 164
58Rocca, G. A. … … … 164
59Rode, Violinist and composer, his Caprices and Concertos, and his Instruction Book … 394
60Rodiani, G. … … … 164
61Rogeri, Giovanni Battista, pupil of Niccolò Amati; his work highly valued … … 164
62Rogeri, Pietro Giacomo, pupil of N. Amati; good work; excellent varnish … … 165
63Rogers, Dr. Benjamin, his four-part Airs for Violins … … 381
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