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Violin tone and violin makers, 1916
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1VIOLIN TONE
3HAASE, FERDINAND.—Magdeburg, Dessau. Died 1892. Was a flute player who turned his attention to fiddle making, but apparently with indifferent success, his instruments being too thin in the plates.
5HAENSEL, JOHANN ANTON.—Rocksburg; about 1800.
7HAFF, JOSEPH ANTON.—Augsburg; nineteenth century. Died 1866. A son of the same name died in Stuttgart in 1902, and was a clever workman. He worked for some time in Munich and obtained medals.
9HAKKERT, JACOB WOLFGANG.—Rotterdam; contemporary. A workman of ability, who makes good copies of the Italian masters.
11HAMBERGER.—Vienna, Presburg; nineteenth century. A family of makers who made some good violins, chiefly of Stradivari pattern.
13HAMM.—Markneukirchen and Vilingenthal; eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. There were several workmen of this name, the best known of whom, Johann Gottfried, worked for some time in Rome. Instruments of Stainer pattern, but broader, and frequently with ivory edges. Initials branded inside. He died in 1817.
15HAMMA & CO.—Stuttgart; contemporary. A well-known firm of dealers and repairers.
17HAMMIG.—A family originating in Markneukirchen, and dating back to about the middle of the eighteenth century. There have been several of the name working and dealing in instruments in various parts of Germany besides Markneukirchen (Leipzig, Dresden, Berlin), and the Berlin house, still carried on, is well known on the Continent.
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