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Scan 58
The violin manufacture in Italy and its German origin : an historical sketch, 1906
4 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 50. See the scan on archive.org.
1Padre Dardelli—he appears to have followed the art more as an amateur. The two others, Kerlino and Duiffo-prugcar, are of German nationality.
3As regards Kerlino, of whose make, a violin—or, as some persons who have seen it declare, a viola reduced to the size of a violin—bearing the date, 1449, is still in existence, it is evident—from the initial letter of his name, which is unknown to the Italian language, that he is not of Italian descent. Judging from the root, Kerl, the bearer of the name could only have been of Breton or German origin. But how could he have been transplanted from Brittany into Italy? On the other hand, there is a great probability in favour of the
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