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Scan 247
Violin tone and violin makers, 1916
15 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 225. See the scan on archive.org.
1AND VIOLIN MAKERS
3to be regretted that other British makers of the period did not do the like. Some of his fiddles are upon lines more or less like those of Amati, but his reputation chiefly rests on those which are evidently in imitation of the "long Pattern" of Stradivari. They are not exact copies, but in design and dimensions are very similar to Stradivari fiddles of that type. Varnish red, of good quality, wood frequently handsome, and tone large and brilliant. A good example was not long ago in the possession of M. Kreisler. It is said that Parker worked much for the trade. Writer has seen one or two labels in manuscript.
5PASTA.—Brescia; late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. A Milanese family, two or three of whom worked in Brescia, and the founder, Bartolomeo, in Milan. In his labels he calls himself pupil of Niccolò Amati. Gaetano Pasta, who was in Brescia until about the middle of the eighteenth century, calls himself a pupil "dell Amati," and is supposed to have worked with Hieronymus Amati II. Instruments are said to have a fine tone, and to be rather flat, with outline resembling G. B. Rogeri.
7PATHAN, Vincenz. — Vienna. Died 1894. Worked some time with Zach. Made good copies of various Italian makers, particularly Maggini. one of two readings
8PATHAN, Vincenz.—Vienna. Died 1894. Worked some time with Zach. Made good copies of various Italian makers, particularly Maggini. one of two readings
10PATZELT.—Nineteenth century. Makers of the name date from Dresden, Vienna, and Berlin.
12PAULI.—Tachau; eighteenth century. Three or more makers of this name.
14PAULUS.—Markneukirchen; nineteenth century. A numerous family, members of which have worked in the principal German cities (Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig) and elsewhere. One of the best of them,
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