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Scan 35
Violin tone and violin makers, 1916
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1AND VIOLIN MAKERS
3AMATISÉ.—Sweet, sympathetic, and more or less lacking in power. Found in the violins of the numerous Amati family, Jacob Stainer, those of Antonio Stradivari prior to 1667 and his smaller instruments made after that year, and in the violins of the followers of these makers. Plentiful.
5Length of body … … 1 3 3/4 to 1 3 7/8 inches
6Width across lower bouts … 7 13/16 to 7 15/16 inches
7Width across upper bouts … 6 1/4 to 6 3/8 inches
8Arching elevated.
10BERGONZIAN.—Virile, powerful, partaking of the qualities of Stradivari and Joseph Guarnerius del Gesù to some extent. Rare.
12Length of body … … 1 3 7/8 to 14 inches
13Width across upper bouts … 6 9/16 inches
14Width across lower bouts … 8 3/16 inches
15Arching flat to medium.
17BRESCIAN.—Dark, sombre, "brilliantly melancholy." Any violin possessing a tone sombre in character is said to be Brescian, frequently without much regard to other characteristics. Found in the violins of G. P. Maggini, and da Salò, which are rare, and in less perfection in a number of instruments by other makers, both ancient and modern.
19(Maggini) Length of body … … 14 9/16 inches
20Width across lower bouts … 8 9/16 inches
21Width across upper bouts … 6 14/16 inches
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