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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, 1866
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1believed he was not a maker himself, but employed Bernard Fendt and John Lott, through whose excellent workmanship his name, which he put on the labels, became well known.
3DODD, THOMAS. Son of the above; he was drowned in 1843.
5DOMINISCELLI—Ferrara, 18th. Century.
6A good workman.
8DUKE, RICHARD, London, 1767 to 1777.
9This Artist was very celebrated in his day and his instruments commanded very good prices. He frequently stamped his name on the back, but as far as we have seen, only on inferior productions. Very good instruments may now occasionally be met with at low prices in consequence of the great prejudice in favour of the Italian and other foreign makers.
11DURFEL,—Altenburg, made good double Basses. His violins are also said by one authority to be excellent in point of tone.
13DUIFFOPRUGCAR, GASPARD, born in the Tyrol, established in Bologna in 1510. and went to Paris at the invitation of Francis 1st.
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