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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

21 lines. Read by computer on 29 August 2026. Printed page 193. See the scan on archive.org.

1GERMAN MAKERS.
3GRIMM, Berlin, now living.
4GROBITZ, Warsaw, 18th century.
5GUGFEMMOS, Bavaria, indifferent work.
6HAMBERGER, Joseph, Presburg, 1845.
7HAMM, Johann Göttfried, Rome, 18th century. Made instruments of a wide pattern, often with ivory edges, and branded inside with his initials.
8HANSEL, John Anthony, Leipsic.
9HASSERT, Eisenach, 18th century. Instruments well made.
10HASSERT, Rudolstadt, 18th century.
11HELMORE, Charles, Prague, 1735—1750. Pupil of Eberle.
12HILDEBRANT, Michael Christopher, Hamburg, 1770.
13HILLMER, 1840.
14HOFMANN, Martin, Leipsic, 18th century.
15HORNSTAINER, Matthias, Mittenwald. Similar to Kloz.
16HÜLLER, Augustine, Shöneck, 1775.
17HUMEL, Christian, Nuremberg, about 1709.
18HÜNGER, Christopher Frederick, Leipsic, 1780. One of the best German makers.
19JACOBI, Meissen. A famous Lute maker.
20JACOBS, Amsterdam, 1690—1740. A close imitator of Nicholas Amati. Few makers have been more mistaken than Jacobs; so exact was he in following the model of Amati, that numbers of his Violins are passed by the inexperienced as original. He mostly selected the grand pattern of Amati for his model, which gave him full scope for the exercise of his powers. He selected wood as nearly as possible resembling that found in the works of

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