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Violin tone and violin makers, 1916
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1AND VIOLIN MAKERS
3makers of the name. Some of them were at work until very recent times.
5UGAR, CRESCENZIO.—Rome; late eighteenth century. Was possibly a German. Brown varnish. German style.
7ULRICH, DIEDERICH.—Hamburg; eighteenth century. Yellow varnish. Brescian type of work. Some of the instruments have lion heads.
9UNGARINI, RAYNALDO.—Fabriano; about 1800.
11URBAN, JOSEPH.—Prague, New York, San Francisco. Died 1893.
13URQUHART, THOMAS.—London; latter half of seventeenth century. High built violins. Varnish of beautiful quality.
15VAILLANT, FRANCOIS.—Paris; about 1730-80. Scarce.
17VAILLANT, NICHOLAS.—Bordeaux; nineteenth century. Red varnish. Well finished work. Scrolls well cut.
19VALENZANO, GIOVANNI MARIA.—Valentia, Rome, Trieste. According to specimens seen by the writer the pattern varied somewhat. Work very well finished; sound-holes and scroll well cut; medium size violins with yellow or reddish yellow varnish of good quality, and resembling Neapolitan, but softer in texture. He worked in various places (chiefly Rome), and used both written and printed labels. Dates between about 1790 and 1825.
21VALLENTINE, WILLIAM.—London. Died about 1877. Worked for many years for Hart. A good repairer. Chiefly known as a double-bass maker.
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