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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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1could not even get that price for some he got direct from the maker, we see one of those extraordinary freaks of fashion for which, to use the expression of my Lord Dundreary, no fellow can account.
3JAUCH, —— Dresden, about 1765, is said to have made good instruments on Cremona models, and is generally placed among the good German makers.
5JOHNSON, JOHN, London, 1753.
7JULIANO, FRANCISCO, Rome, 1700.
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11KAMBL, JOHANN, CORNELIUS, 1635.
13KENNEDY, ALEXANDER, London, died 1785, and considered to be about 90 years of age. This artiste obtained considerable reputation for good and neat work. He followed the Steiner model, and used yellow varnish. It is not known that he made any other instruments than violins.
15KENNEDY, JOHN, London, died in 1816, and, considered to be 86 years of age. Made violins and tenors of the Steiner model.
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