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The violin & its story : or, the history & construction of the violin, 1905
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1Stradivarius) as their models. The following have imitated Stainer:—
3Stadelmann, of Vienna, 1740. His instruments are most like Stainer's.
5Leopold Withalm, of Nuremburg, 1720. He worked well and with great care. His belly-wood, very fine and well selected, is somewhat too thin, which detracts from the value of his work. Many of his fiddles are double purfled.
7Matthäus Friedrich Scheinlein, born in 1710, was a violinist at Langenfeld. It was late in life when he began, first to repair, and then to make violins, some of which were highly esteemed. His son John Michael, also an instrument maker, likewise lived at Langenfeld. His fiddles were neatly and industriously made, and brought him in his lifetime great fame, being of a full and pleasant tone. He copied Stainer's largest pattern, but lowered the high arching; but his violins were poor in workmanship and were not lasting.
9The following German makers copied Stradivarius:—
11Franz Lupot, of Stuttgart, a pupil of his model maker. He worked in his native city from 1725 to 1750, and was the father of the Lupot who eventually became a famous violin maker at Paris.
13Carl Ludwig Bachmann, 1765, Court instrument maker at Berlin; his productions are of good wood, excellent proportions, and durability of work, and were much sought after on account of their fine qualities.
15Jang, 1774, of Dresden, and his pupil Hunger, of Leipzig. The latter made chiefly violas, 'cellos, and double basses.
17Fritsche, of Leipzig, is to be numbered amongst the best of the German masters, and was famous as a clever repairer.
19Franz Schonger, of Erfurt, and Hassert, of Eisenach, made good instruments, and the latter produced some very close imitations of Stradivarius.
21Franz Anton Ernst, a Bohemian, was in 1778 well known at Gotha, not merely as a distinguished violin player, but as a maker of fiddles in the Italian style.
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