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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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1be forgotten. As copies of Amati such instruments are scarcely surpassed, varnish, work, and material being of the best description. The copies of Stainer were not so successful.
3DUKE, Richard, London. Son of the above.
4DUNCAN, Aberdeen, 1762.
5EGLINGTON, London, 1800.
6EVANS, Richard, London, 1750. His label is a curiosity—
8 Maid in the Paris of
9 Lanühengel, by Richard
10 Evans, Instrument Maker,
11 in the year 17—
13FENDT, Bernard, born at Innsprück, in the Tyrol, in 1756, died 1832. He was evidently born a Fiddle maker, genius being stamped in a more or less degree upon all his works. To Thomas Dodd belongs the credit of bringing his talent into play. Dodd obtained the services of Fendt upon his arrival in England, which the latter reached at an early age. He remained with Dodd many years, frequently making instruments with John Frederick Lott. The instruments so made bear the label of Thomas Dodd. Lott being also a German, reciprocity of feeling sprung up between him and Fendt, which induced Lott to exchange the business to which he was brought up for that which his fellow countryman, Fendt, had adopted, and henceforth to make Violins instead of cabinets. By securing the services of these admirable workmen, Dodd reaped a rich harvest. He found in them men capable of carrying out his instructions with an exactness that could not have been surpassed. Dodd was unable to use the tools himself, but in Fendt and Lott he had men who were
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