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Violin tone and violin makers, 1916
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1VIOLIN TONE
3FABRIS, LUIGI.—Venice; 1860. Obtained medal in 1872 at Treviso.
5FAGNOLA, ANNIBALE.—Turin; contemporary. A maker whose instruments have lately attracted attention. His imitations of Pressenda and Rocca's instruments are clever and not unfrequently pass as originals. Some are not well finished. Writer has recently seen a very good example made in the style of J. B. Guadagnini.
7FENDT.—London; late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A gifted family of makers. The first, BERNHARD FENDT, was a native of Innsbruck, born circa 1775; died, London, 1832. An admirable workman who copied the best features of the great Italian makers. He worked much for Thomas Dodd (q.v.) and in association with John Lott. Later he worked for old John Betts, continuing to work for the house after the death of that maker. Work so made bears Betts's stamp. BERNHARD SIMON FENDT, his eldest son, died in March, 1852. Worked for Betts and was for some time partner with one Purdy ("Purdy & Fendt"). He was a wonderfully clever copyist, and made, amongst other types, instruments of all sizes, from violins to double basses, in imitation of the Brescian style (Gaspar da Salò and Maggini). These instruments have been constantly mistaken for genuine Brescian examples—particularly the double-basses, of which a number are in existence. JACOB FENDT, third son of Bernhard I., died comparatively young in or about 1849. His abilities were also of a high order. He worked for Davis, of Coventry Street, and for Turner, the dealer, producing "modern antiques," chiefly of Stradivari type, in which the appearance of wear and time are most skilfully
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