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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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1Tenors are considered good, and Otto says his violins have an excellent quality of tone when unspoiled, but are not esteemed on account of their ungraceful appearance.
3HOLLOWAY, J., London, 1794.
5HORIL, —— (Italian) about 1720.
7HULLER, AUGUSTINE, Shoeneck, 1775.
9HUME, RICHARD, Edinburgh. An early English lute maker; about 1530.
11HUNGER, CHRISTOPHER FREDERICK Leipsic, 1787. A good maker who followed the Italian style, used good wood and amber varnish. This maker is classed among the superior German artistes, and his instruments are said to be beautiful.
13J.
15JACOBS, —— Amsterdam, 18th. Century. This maker imitated the Amatis and produced some good instruments after their Models which also partook of their sweet tone but had little power. One authority we have consulted calls this maker a pupil of Amati, and states that he used whalebone purfling.
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