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

75 lines. Read by computer on 1 October 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 522. See the scan on archive.org.

1Rombouts, Peeter … … 252
2Rook, Joseph … … 328
3Röscher, C. … … 269
4Ross, John … … 328
5Rosse (or Ross) … … 328
6Rota, Giovanni … … 164
7Roth, Christian … … 269
8Rousseau, Jean, his Treatise on the Viol … … 3
9Rovetta… … 164
10Royal Amateur, A. … 498
11Royal Band of Charles II.; its poverty… … 382
12Royal Society of Musicians, Origin of … … 398
13Roze … … 253
14Ruf, Herr S., his History of Jacob Stainer … … 275
15Ruggeri, Francesco ("Il Per"); excellent character of workmanship, design, and varnish; pupil of Niccolò Amati … 165
16Ruggeri, Giacinto … 167 one of two readings
17Ruggeri, Giacinto … … 167 one of two readings
18Ruggeri, Giambattista, high-class work in Violins, Violas, and Violoncellos … … 167
19Ruggeri, Vincenzo … 167 one of two readings
20Ruggeri, Vincenzo … … 167 one of two readings
21Ruppert, Franz … 269 one of two readings
22Ruppert, Franz … … 269 one of two readings
23Ruppert, J. N. … 269 one of two readings
24Ruppert, J. N. … … 269 one of two readings
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28Sacchini, S. … … 168
29Sacquin … … 253
30Sainprae, Jacques … … 269
31Sainton, M., Violinist … …
32Salabue, Count Cozio di, his passion for and collection of Violins, 359; his correspondence relative to his purchase of the reliques of Antonio Stradivari … … 360
33Sale of Cremonese Instruments in 1790… … 493
34Salle, a clever restorer… … 253
35Salò, Gasparo da … 168-170
36Salomon, Jean Baptiste, maker 253
37Salomon, Violinist, his concerts in London; his negotiations with Haydn … … 400
38San Domenico, Cremona, burial-place of Stradivari … … 212
39Sanoni, Giovanni Battista … 172
40Sanscrit Literature, References to the Violin in … … 5
41Santo, Giovanni … … 172
42Sanzo, Milan … … 172
43Saraband, Moorish … … 10
44Sardagna, Counsellor von, his contribution to Jacob Stainer's history … … 276
45Sardi … … 172
46Saunier … … 253
47Savart, his paper on the construction of bow instruments 234
48Sawicki … … 270
49Saxon Fiddle, in the Cottonian MSS … … 16
50Scandinavian origin of the Violin, alleged… … 13
51Scheinlein, Johann Michael … 270
52Scheinlein, Mathias F. … 270
53Schell, Sebastian … … 270
54Schlick … … 270
55Schmidt … … 270
56Schnöeck, Egidius … … 253
57Schonfelder, Johann A. … 270
58Schonger, Georg … 270 one of two readings
59Schonger, Georg … … 270 one of two readings
60Schonger, Franz … 270 one of two readings
61Schonger, Franz … … 270 one of two readings
62Schorn, Johann, an excellent maker … … 271
63Schorn, Johann Paul … 271 one of two readings
64Schorn, Johann Paul … … 271 one of two readings
65Schott, Martin, Lute-maker … 271
66Schuler, Dr. Johann, his novel, "Jacob Stainer" … 276 one of two readings
67Schuler, Dr. Johann, his novel, "Jacob Stainer" … … 276 one of two readings
68Schwartz … … 271
69Schweitzer … … 271
70Scott, Sir Walter, on Music and Fiddles… … 446
71Scroll, A Wandering … 455 one of two readings
72Scroll, A Wandering … … 455 one of two readings
73Seltas, Matteo, Lute-maker … 172
74Serafino, Santo (Sanctus Seraphin), famed for exquisite finish; German and Italian

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