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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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1and corner blocks as well as the purfling. They are nevertheless esteemed in Germany. They have a dark brown amber varnish.
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5SAINT, PAUL, Paris, about 1650. An excellent French maker.
7SALO, GASPAR DI, Brescia, dates from 1560 to 1610. This celebrated artiste was the contemporary of the ancient Amatis, and is thought by some connoisseurs to have been the master of Andrew. However that may be, as there can be no certainty of the fact, the varnish on which the great Cremonese makers established that notable reputation which distinguishes them to the present day, bears a strong analogy to that of Gaspar di Salo, however they may have derived it. In this respect, also, Gaspar excells Maggini, his pupil and follower, who was evidently not initiated into the secret of making that excellent varnish which characterises his master.
9The pattern of the instruments which the two early and famous chiefs of the
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