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Violin-Making As It Was and Is (Heron-Allen, 1885, 2nd ed.) — TEST SUBSET pp.69-70, 1885
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1CHAPTER III.
3BIOGRAPHICAL.
5Early Makers—Gasparo da Salo—Gio Paolo Maggini—Andreas Amati—Antonius and Hieronymus Amati—Nicolaus Amati—Andreas Guarnerius—Jacobus Steiner—Franciscus Ruggieri—Antonius Stradiuarius—Joseph Guarnerius—Peter Guarnerius—Laurentius Guadagnini—Johannes Baptistil Guadagnini—Domenicus Montagnana—Sanctus Seraphino—Carlo Bergonz—Franciscus and Omobono Stradiuarius—Joseph Anthony Guarnerius (dea Jesù)—Vincenzo Panormo—Carolus Ferdinandus Landolphi—Laurentius Storioni—Nicholas Lupot—Jean Baptiste Vuillaume—Barak Norman—Benjamin Banks—Thomas Dodd—William Forster—Richard Duke—Peter Wamsley—John Lott—William Ebsworth Hill—Georges Chanot—Jacobs (Amsterdam)—The Mirecourt Violin Trade.
7The differences in the models, styles, etc., of the greatest makers are so considerable, that my work would, to say the least of it be incomplete were I to enter upon the practical part of it without sketching, as briefly as possible, these "peculiarities of great men," for the guidance and instruction of the would-be fiddle-maker. To impart to the following notes any matter of a biographical description would be obviously outside the object of this work, so I shall confine myself absolutely and briefly to the mechanical characteristics of the "great few" whose names are household words alike to the amateur and the professional. I say the few, for though the name of the fiddle-makers is Legion, they mostly followed the principles of their chiefs, and it is only necessary to notice these great originals. For classification of names and biographical details I must refer our readers to Mr, Hart's work,1 and for any one who requires a complete list of Violin-makers, I recommend the alphabetical list in the Appendix to Davidson's work, "The Violin,"2 and the Tables of Diehl3 and of Niederheitmann.4 That the technical terms used in the fol-
91 G. Hart, "The Violin, its famous Makers and their Imitators" (London, 1875; 2nd edition, 1884: Dulau & Schott. Popular edition, 8vo, 1880).
102 P. Davidson, "The Violin, its Construction Theoretically and Practically Treated" (London, 4th Edition, 1881, p. 228).
113 N. L. Diehl, "Die Geigenmacher der Alten Italienischen Schule," etc. (Hamburg, 1866).
124 F. Niederheitmann, "Die Meister der Geigenbaukunst in Italien und Tyrol" (Vienna and Hamburg, n.d. [1876]).
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