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Violin tone and violin makers, 1916

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1AND VIOLIN MAKERS
3SANTO, GIOVANNI.—Naples; eighteenth century.
5SARDINI, CARLO.—Madrid; eighteenth century. Said to have been a Neapolitan. Large flat instruments. Yellow-orange varnish.
7SARTORY, EUGENE.—Paris. Born 1871. Well-known bow-maker. Imitates Voirin.
9SAUNIER, EDMOND.—Bordeaux. Died circa 1785. Good work. Not very plentiful in this country.
11SAVART, FELIX.—Paris. Died 1841. Well-known acoustician. Made fiddles of guitar outline.
13SAWICKI, CARL NICOLAS.—Vienna. Died 1850. Generally copied Stradivari, but also the pattern of del Gesù. A very finished workman. Scrolls and wood very handsome. Tone excellent.
15SCARAMPELLA.—Brescia, Paris, Mantua, Florence; nineteenth century. A family originating in Brescia. The founder, PAOLO, died in 1870. A son, GIUSEPPE, worked in Paris and Florence. Died about 1886 or later. Neat work. Red varnish. Another son, STEFANO, born 1843, dates from Mantua and Brescia. Good work. Has obtained a silver medal.
17SCHALLER.—Markneukirchen, Schönbach. A large family of nineteenth-century workmen.
19SCHÄNDL.—Mittenwald; eighteenth century. There were three or four of the name. The best known are MICHAEL and ANTON. Well-made violins of the Stainer-Kloz type.
21SCHEINLEIN, JOHANN MICHAEL.—Langenfeld;

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