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Violin tone and violin makers, 1916
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1AND VIOLIN MAKERS
3MEER, KAREL VAN DER.—Amsterdam; contemporary. A clever workman. Maker to the Conservatoire in Amsterdam.
5MEIBERI, FRANCESCO.—Leghorn; eighteenth century. One of the few makers dating from Leghorn. Work little known.
7MEINEL.—Upwards of a score of makers of the name date from Klingenthal and Markneukirchen, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The work of some of them is very passable. Instruments frequently branded with maker's initials.
9MEISEL.—Another very large tribe of German makers, dating, chiefly from Klingenthal, down to very recent times.
11MEISNER, JOHANN FRIEDRICH.—Lübeck. Died 1770. A professional musician who made violins, specimens of which are occasionally seen in this country. Dark brown varnish.
13MELEGARI, ENRICO CLODOVIO.—Turin; nineteenth century.
15MELONI, ANTONIO.—Milan; late seventeenth century. Pretty work. Yellow varnish.
17MENNÉGAND, CHARLES.—Died 1885. Worked in various places, including Amsterdam, but chiefly in Paris. A very clever workman and repairer. Has left numerous instruments, a number of which are violoncellos. Usually worked on Stradivari lines.
19MENNESON, JEAN EMILE (pseudonym "Guarini").—Rheims. Born 1842. A clever workman, who has obtained several medals. Has produced a great number of instruments with the assistance of
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