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The violin manufacture in Italy and its German origin : an historical sketch, 1906
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1of master of the period in the same degree as did Amati, before him.
3His most distinguished disciple, Joseph Guarnerius (born 1683, died about 1745), called del Gesu, after the trade-sign which he adopted to distinguish him from a cousin of the same name—adhered, in the main, to his master's precepts, but differed from him so greatly in some particulars that their instruments cannot well be confounded. Unlike his master, who consistently strove to attain to his ideal, and on doing so, faithfully adhered to it—his ideas were irregular, and so, consequently, were his productions. Sometimes he turned out instruments which were equal to the most perfect creations
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