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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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1LINELLI, or LINAROLLA, — Venezia, about 1520. A maker of rebeccs, viols, and viols da gamba.
3LOTT, JOHN FREDERICK, London, born 1775, died 1853. An excellent workman, who made many instruments for Thomas Dodd. He is also very generally known as a first-rate double bass maker.
5LOTT, GEORGE FREDERICK. son of the above, was also an excellent workman, and is said to have been chiefly employed by dealers.
7LOTZ, THEODORE, Prestburg, about 1735, has a good reputation as a maker of violins.
9LUPOT, FRANCOIS, Stuttgart, about 1770.
11LUPOT, NICHOLAS, son of Francois, born at Stuttgart, 1758; went to Orleans, 1786, and Paris, 1794; died 1824. This artiste deserves the title of the King of the French makers. He followed the model of Stradivarius, used excellent wood and good varnish, much in the style of that master. His violins are very fine in tone and resemble the Italian more than any other maker's.
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