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The violin & its story : or the history & construction of the violin, 1905
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1which he called "St. Peter" and "St. Paul," surpassed in tone the best Italian instruments. In 1746, when Veracini was travelling from London to his native Florence, he lost by shipwreck his two treasured violins and all his belongings.
3Herr von Rennen, of Munich, had a viola of Markus Stainer; the varnish was dark, the belly-wood of beautiful grain, of large pattern, and of fine and uncommonly powerful tone. The label "Markus Stainer, Burger und Geigenmacher in Kuefstein, anno 1656," is in the maker's own handwriting.
5To the school of Stainer belongs MATTHIAS ALBANI, who was born at Botzen in 1621. Gerber had one of this maker's violins, dated 1654, the label of which ran:—"Mathias Albanus fecit in Tyrol. Bolsani 1654." Fault is found with these instruments because of their high arching, and the inequality of their tone. The two lower strings have a nasal tone; the A is full and round; the E is strong and brilliant, but of a somewhat dry tone. Matthias Albani died at Botzen in 1673. His varnish was red-brown.
7Albani's son, who was also named MATTHIAS, was born at Botzen in the middle of the seventeenth century. As he learned the art of violin making under his father's tuition, and worked in his shop at Cremona, he made many instruments which greatly resemble those of the Amati. Gerber had two of his violins, which bore the dates of 1702 and 1709 respectively.
9Another ALBANI made violins at Palermo in the first half of the seventeenth century. No Christian name is found in his instruments, and no details of his life have come down to us. One good violin of his was found at Brussels, with the label, "Signor Albani in Palermo 1633."
11"Luthomonographie" makes mention of a PAUL ALBANI, 1650, who always lived at Cremona; and of a Michael Albani, who established an instrument making business in Gratz.
13According to Vuillaume, Stainer's best pupil was
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