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Violins and violin makers. Biographical dictionary of the great Italian artistes, their followers and imitators, to the present time. With essays on important subjects connected with the violin
Pearce, Joseph. London: Longman and co.; Sheffield, J. Pearce, jun., 1866.
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| 13 | PREFACE. | Read | |
| 14 | 6 | many of those who desire to peruse them,… | Read |
| 16 | 8 | INTRODUCTION. | Read |
| 17 | 9 | the Violin, (except that of speech,) whi… | Read |
| 18 | 10 | pression, every nicety of tone can be pr… | Read |
| 19 | 11 | is that in the present age there is a mo… | Read |
| 20 | 12 | In all these transitions, the Violin bea… | Read |
| 21 | 13 | The Violin, also, seemingly the most inc… | Read |
| 22 | 14 | patronised and encouraged by all those w… | Read |
| 23 | 15 | DICTIONARY | Read |
| 24 | 16 | some fine instruments by this maker, of… | Read |
| 25 | 17 | AMATI, ANTONIO JEROME, do. | Read |
| 26 | 18 | are of the flat Stradiuarius Model, made… | Read |
| 27 | 19 | yellow. Pronounced by judges to be equal… | Read |
| 28 | 20 | brownish yellow Varnish with a tinge of… | Read |
| 29 | 21 | BENOIST, — Paris, 18th Century. | Read |
| 31 | 23 | BINTERNAGLÈ, —— Gotha, 18th Century. | Read |
| 32 | 24 | BUCHSTADTER,—Ratisbon. 18th Century. | Read |
| 33 | 25 | CARTER, JOHN, London, 1789, made some ex… | Read |
| 34 | 26 | CLARK, ——— London. | Read |
| 35 | 27 | seen which was purchased by a profession… | Read |
| 36 | 28 | CONTRERAS, JOSEPH, Madrid, 1746. | Read |
| 37 | 29 | believed he was not a maker himself, but… | Read |
| 38 | 30 | He afterwards removed to Lyons. This app… | Read |
| 41 | 33 | FORSTER, WILLIAM. The first Violin maker… | Read |
| 42 | 34 | Cremona Makers have had no rivals. Wheth… | Read |
| 43 | 35 | on with the Bow, from the remotest times… | Read |
| 53 | 45 | HELMER, CHARLES, Prague, 1740. | Read |
| 54 | 46 | Tenors are considered good, and Otto say… | Read |
| 55 | 47 | JAYE, HENRY, London, 1615. Of this maker… | Read |
| 56 | 48 | could not even get that price for some h… | Read |
| 57 | 49 | KENNEDY, THOMAS, son of John, London, be… | Read |
| 58 | 50 | KLOTZ, EGITIA. This maker, who appears t… | Read |
| 59 | 51 | THE KLOTZ FAMILY. | Read |
| 60 | 52 | KOLDITZ, JAQUES, Rumbourg, in Bohemia, 1… | Read |
| 61 | 53 | LANDOLPHI, FERDINAND, Milan, about same… | Read |
| 62 | 54 | LINELLI, or LINAROLLA, — Venezia, about… | Read |
| 63 | 55 | Tolbecque, the violinist has two very fi… | Read |
| 64 | 56 | the shape of a leaf—and fine yellowish b… | Read |
| 65 | 57 | on which the immortal Mozart first learn… | Read |
| 66 | 58 | as this "pittiful battered" lute!" In th… | Read |
| 67 | 59 | MAYRHOF, ANDREA FERDINAND, | Read |
| 68 | 60 | MILLER, —— London, about 1750. | Read |
| 70 | 62 | NOVELLO, MARCO ANTONIO, Venezia, same da… | Read |
| 71 | 63 | Some modern makers use chemical means to… | Read |
| 72 | 64 | PANORMO, JOSEPH, son of Vincenzio, also… | Read |
| 73 | 65 | PASTA, DOMINICO, Brescia, same date. | Read |
| 74 | 66 | inexperienced judges. They are of a deep… | Read |
| 77 | 69 | RUDGER, —— Cremona—not one of the Rugger… | Read |
| 78 | 70 | scrolls are larger than those of Amati b… | Read |
| 79 | 71 | and corner blocks as well as the purflin… | Read |
| 80 | 72 | Cremonese and Brescian Schools built, is… | Read |
| 81 | 73 | instruments, produced more tone, he may… | Read |
| 82 | 74 | bass player of our day, used one of Gasp… | Read |
| 83 | 75 | left it by will to another still more ce… | Read |
| 85 | 77 | Italian style and produced some very sup… | Read |
| 86 | 78 | knows two of his violoncellos which have… | Read |
| 87 | 79 | and that Vieuxtemps' solo violin in 1861… | Read |
| 88 | 80 | the direction of his father, which were… | Read |
| 96 | 88 | BOW MAKERS. | Read |
| 97 | 89 | the bows of Tourte of France, of Dodd of… | Read |
| 102 | 94 | Like pictures, the Cremona Violins are r… | Read |
| 103 | 95 | is a remarkable fact, and shows in a str… | Read |
| 104 | 96 | forming what are now termed "slab" backs… | Read |
| 105 | 97 | were arranged accordingly. On this point… | Read |
| 106 | 98 | strengthen the bar which, without that,… | Read |
| 109 | 101 | His best violins, which are known by the… | Read |
| 110 | 102 | Francois Cramer, was sold by auction, an… | Read |
| 111 | 103 | "NICHOLAS AMATI and the BROTHERS AMATI.… | Read |
| 112 | 104 | several three quarter violins, which hav… | Read |
| 132 | 124 | PIETRO, another son of Andreas, dates fr… | Read |
| 133 | 125 | however, marked by the stamp of genius,… | Read |
| 139 | 131 | THE | Read |
| 140 | 132 | generally expresses the opinion of the t… | Read |
| 141 | 133 | high and peculiar model were only calcul… | Read |
| 146 | 138 | which by common consent most entitle thi… | Read |
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