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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators. : With several wood engravings from photographs of the works of Stradiuarius, Guarnerius, Amati, and others, 1880
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1mostly of a plain description; the varnish is of an excellent quality. This maker produced many small-sized instruments.
3ROVELLI, 1744.
5RUDGER, Cremona, 1650—1700. This maker is often confused with the family Ruggieri, but is quite distinct. His Violoncellos are very large, and deep in the sides. The varnish is of good quality and dark brown colour. His Violins and Violas are excellent instruments.
7RUGGIERIUS, Franciscus, Cremona, 1668—1720. surnamed "Il Per." The family of Ruggierius long occupied a foremost place in the city of Cremona as makers of Violins, Violas, and Violoncellos. Their position could have been but little if at all inferior to that of the Amati family. Franciscus, in his earliest works, gives evidence of exceptional artistic feeling, and the sequel of his career, as evidenced by his productions, is a genuine development of the first impulse of his genius. His work belongs to the school of Amati, but though the list of instruments which he has bequeathed to us be a long one, there is no sign of his ever having been a mere copyist. He evidently thought for himself. His sound-hole is a beautiful piece of workmanship, and may be said to come between that of Nicholas Amati and Antonius Stradiuarius, being of the most delicate execution. The outline of his work is very graceful, and the arching admirable. The scroll has quite an equal merit with the body. He was very successful in selecting his material, much of which is handsome.
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