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Violin tone and violin makers, 1916
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1AND VIOLIN MAKERS
3EGIDUIS, circa 1700-30, is the best known. Red-brown varnish. Amati pattern.
5SOCQUET, LOUIS.—Paris; late eighteenth century. Mediocre work. Large label with engraved border.
7SOLIANI, ANGELO. Mantua, Modena; late eighteenth century. Useful instruments. Tone generally powerful. Yellow or reddish-yellow varnish. His labels bear the sign of the Sun. Work generally branded.
9SORSANA, SPIRITO.—Coni; early eighteenth century. Scarce. The name also appears with the spelling "Sursano."
11SPIDLEN, FRANZ.—Moscrow, Prague; contemporary. A good copyist. Has obtained some medals (Paris, 1900). Brown varnish. Name branded on backs.
13SPRENGER.—Nineteenth century. A Mittenwald family, three or more of whom worked in Nuremburg.
15STADLMAN.—Vienna; eighteenth century. There were several of the name. Instruments seen by the writer were of good workmanship and Stainer pattern. MICHAEL IGNATIUS, who died in 1813, is perhaps the best known. He seems to have made most of his instruments on Stradivari lines. Labels bear the double-headed eagle.
17STAINER, JACOB.—Absam (Tyrol). Born 1621. Died 1683. The most celebrated of all the German school of makers. He is the subject of much tradition and has a small literature devoted to him. The main facts of his life have now been made public for a good many years, and much legendary rubbish has been
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