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DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS and BOW MAKERS
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AACHNER, Philipp. A Mittenwalder, 1772; ordinary German characteristics.
ABBATI, Giuseppe. He worked at Modena, according to Forster, 1775-93.
ABSAM, Thomas. Lived at Wakefield, in Yorkshire; but his name, identical with the birthplace of Stainer, suggests a German origin. Employed by Pickard, of Leeds; his labels run: “Made by Thomas Absam, Wakefield.” Date, 1810-49.
ACEVO. Doubtful whether he ever existed. Fétis saw a bass viol which he connected with his name. It was signed at the back, “Marin Marais,” but it is all very shadowy.
ADAM, Jean Dominique, son of Jean Adam. Both worked at Mirecourt, according to Vidal; both made bows, and the son made the best, and signed all he sold himself, 1823-69.
ADAMS, C. Takes rank merely as a local maker at Garmouth, Scotland, 1800.
AGLIO, Giuseppe dall', of Mantua; varnish bright yellow, 1800-40.
AIRETON (Airton), Edmund, of London. Made good fiddles on the Amati and Steiner models; he varnished yellow, 1727-1807.
ALBANESI, Sebastiano, is said to have lived at Cremona; his work is almost unknown, 1720-44.
ALBANI, Mathias, b. about 1621, Botzen (Tyrol); d. there 1673. (See p.102.)
ALBERTI, Ferdinando. Milanese; yellow varnish. Label: “Ferdinando Alberti, fece in Milano, nella contrada delle pesce al segno della Corona, nel anno 1740-60.”
ALDRIC. Maker and great repairer. Labels: “Fait par Aldric,” or “Rue de Seine, 71, près celle de Bussy, Aldric, luthier, Paris, an 18—.” (See p.174.)
ALESSANDRO. A Venetian maker, 1540.
ALETZIE, Paul. Worked at Munich; good tenors and violoncellos, German type, 1710-20.
ALLARD, François. Successor of Maubert, 9 rue du Petit-Pont, 1788-89.
ALVANI. A Cremonese maker, 1750.
AMATI, Andrea. The father of the Cremona school, 1525. (See Chap. V.)
AMATI, Antonio, elder son of Andrea Amati; b. Cremona about 1560. (See Chap. V.)
AMATI, Girolamo, second son of Andrea Amati; b. about 1562. (See Chap. V.)
AMATI, Girolamo, third son and successor of Nicola Amati; b. Feb. 26, 1649. (See Chap. V.)
AMATI, Giuseppe. Said to have lived in Bologna, seventeenth century. (See Chap. V.)
AMATI, Nicola, younger brother of Andrea Amati, is said to have worked with him, 1568-80. (See Chap. V.)
AMATI, Nicola, son of Girolamo Amati; b. Dec. 3, 1596; d. April 12, 1684, aged eighty-eight, according to the registers of Cremona Cathedral. (See Chap. V.)
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AMBROGI, Pietro. Cremona and Rome. “Petrus Ambrogi, Crem. fecit Romæ, an. 17-.”
AMBROSI, Pietro. A Brescian maker; very mediocre, 1712.
AMBROSIO, Antonio d'. Neapolitan, 1820.
AMELOT. French maker in Lorient; yellow varnish mediocre, 1812-29.
ANCIAUME. Existence doubtful.
ANSELMO, Pietro. Cremona and Venice; small pattern deep yellow varnish; fair maker, 1700.
ANTONIAZZI, Gregorio. Bergamo, 1738; labels bear: “in Colle, 1738.”
ANTONIO, Cypriano.
ANTONY, Girolamo. Cremonese pattern; yellow varnish, 1751.
ARDENOIS, Johannes. Ghent, 1731.
ARTMANN. Weimar, cir. 1760; pupil of Ernst of Gotha Amati pattern; yellow varnish.
ASKEY, Samuel. Pupil of John Morrison; employed by Crosby cir. 1825.
ASSALONE, Gaspare. Roman; Amati pattern; over-arched; poor yellow varnish.
AUBRY. Paris; a nephew of Aldric (who dealt with Tarisio); inferior to his uncle, 1840.
AUDINoT, Nestor Dominique, b. at Mirecourt 1842; worked under Sébastien Vuillaume; took up his business in 1875 at the age of seventeen; is very industrious, and makes excellent instruments. Labels: “N.Audinot, luthier, élève de Vuillaume, Paris.”
AUGIÈRE. Pupil of Clément, Paris; good maker; red and brown varnish, 1830.
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BAADER, J. A., & Co. Mittenwald; wholesale producers on cheapest terms; their Stainer copies are good, 1854.
BACHELIER. Inferior French maker, 1777-89.
BACHMANN, Carl Ludwig An excellent maker of Berlin, 1716-1800; violins, violas, and 'cellos often mistaken for Cremonas; a viola player; maker to the Prussian Court; founder the Berlin Amateur Concerts; inventor of screw pegs for double-basses.
BACHMANN, O. Good maker, of Halberstadt; first-rate repairer; wrote on violin construction, 1835.
BAGATELLA (Bagattella), Antonio. Padua; good restorer; much employed by German princes; made few good instruments, but wrote learnedly en violin construction, 1750-82.
BAGATELLA ( Bagattella), Pietro. Padua, 1760-66.
BAILLY, Paul. Mirecourt; fair maker; Chicago Exhibitor, 1893.
BAINES. London; pupil of Furber, 1780.
BAIRHOF, Giorgio. Naples; Gagliano school.
BAJONI, Luigi. Milanese, 1840-76.
BAKER, Francis. London, 1696.
BAKER, John. Oxford, 1688-1720; excellent tone; yellow varnish; transition maker.
BALESTRIERl (Balestieri), Pietro, brother of Tommaso. (See p.88.)
BALESTRIERI (Balestieri), Tommaso, brother of Pietro. (See p.88.)
BALLANTINE. Scotch, 1850-56.
BANKS, Benjamin, son of George and Barbary Banks, 1727-95. (See pp.130-132.)
BANKS, Benjamin, second son of Benjamin Banks (1727-95), b. Sept. 13, 1754; d. Jan. 22, 1820. (See pp.130-132.)
BANKS, James and Henry, fourth and sixth sons of B. Banks (1727-95). (See pp.130-132.)
BARBANTI, Silva Francesco. A maker at Correggio, 1850.
BARBIERI, Francesco. Veronese; early Guarnerian pattern, 1695.
BARNES, Robert. Pupil of Thomas Smith; set up with John Norris, 1765; employed Aireton, but used their own trade label.
BARNIA, Fedele. Milanese, 1716-51.
BAROUX. Paris; very good bow-maker, 1830.
BARRETT, John. London; a contemporary of Barak Norman and Nathaniel Cross; long and arched pattern; yellow varnish; sweet tone; labelled: “John Barrett, at the Harp and Crown in Pickadilly, London, 1731.”
BARToN, George. London; d. cir. 1810.
BASSOT, Joseph. Paris; fine maker; brown and reddish varnish; earlier yellow and inferior; label: “Joseph Bassot, luthier, Paris, 1802.”
BAUD. Versailles; experimented omitting sound-bar, but not a success.
BAUSCH, Ludwig Christian. Good bow-maker; Naumburg and Leipsic, 1805-71.
BAUSCH.. Excellent bow-maker; silver medallist, Dresden; friend of Spohr, 1840.
BECKMANN (Bekman), Sweno. Stockholm; rough maker, 1700-6.
BEDLER, Norbert. Würzburg, 1723.
BELA, Szepessy. Good contemporary maker; worked at Budapest and Munich, and is now in London; copies Strad and N. Amati.
BELLONE, Pietro Antonio, known as Il Pescorino. Milanese, 1694.
BELLOSIO, Anselmo. Venetian; pupil of Serafino and master of M. A. Cerin, 1720-80.
BELVIGLIERI, Gregorio. Fairly good Bolognese maker, 1742.
BENEDICT,.Jose. Cadiz, 1738.
BENEDICTI, Donate de. Cremona, 1674.
BENTI, Matteo, b. 1579. Brescia; contemporary of Maggini.
BERETTA, Felice. Como; Guadagnini school; bow-maker, 1760-85.
BERGÉ. Toulouse, 1771.
BERGONZI, Benedetto, d. 1840. (See p.86.)
BERGONZI, Carlo. Cremona; the first of the great Bergonzi family of makers; b.(?); d. 1747.
BERGoNZI, Carlo, third son of Michel Angelo. (See p.86.)
BERGONZI (Baganzi), Francesco. Named as early as 1687.
BERGONZI, Michel Angelo, son of Carlo; b. 1722; d. after 1765.
BERGONZI, Nicola, eldest son of Michel Angelo.
BERGONZI, Zosimo, brother of Nicola.
BERNARDEL, Anguste Sébastien Philippe. An excellent maker who worked under Lupôt and Gand. Firm: “Bernardel et fils,” then “Gand et Bernardel;” Paris (1849) gold medal, London (1855) gold medal
BERNARDEL, Frères. Ernst Auguste and Gustave Adolphe, sons of Sébastien Philippe.
BERTASIO, Luigi. Piadena, 17—.
BERTASSI, Ambrogio. Piadena, 1730.
BERTET, Joseph R. French maker; little known, 1754.
BERTRAND, Nicolas. Paris; a few early fiddles, 1686-1735.
BETTS, John Edward, known as “Old John Betts;” b. 1755, at Stamford, Lincolnshire; d. March 1823; was buried at Cripplegate Church; pupil of Richard Duke, senior (See p.132.)
BETTS (Ned), Edward, nephew of John Betts; like him a pupil of Richard Duke. He died between 1815 and 1820.
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BIANCHI, Nicola. Pupil of Guadagnini, 1800 to 1875; Genoa, Cremona, and Paris; fair maker.
BINDERNAGEL. Gotha, 1745-1804; inferior maker.
BITTNER, David. Viennese, 1862-80; made chiefly for America.
BLAIR, John. Edinburgh, 1820.
BLAISE. Mirecourt, 1820; indifferent.
BLANCHARD, Paul François, 1865-94; worked with J. B. Vuillaume; very good violins; his workmen turn out good cheap ones; follows Strad; Mirecourt and Lyons.
BODIO, Giambattista. Venice, 1792-1832.
BOIVIN, Claude. Paris, 1735-53; fair maker.
BOMBERGHI, Lorenzo. Florentine, seventeenth century.
BOMÉ, Thomas. Inferior; French.
BOOTH, William. English; 1779-1858; good repairer.
BOOTH, William, son of W. Booth, senior; b. 1816, Leeds; d. 1856; a clever workman.
BOQUAY (Bocquay), Jacques, b. at Lyons. 1700-30. (See p.105.)
BORBON (Bourbon), Gaspar. End of sixteenth century; Brussels; Gaspar model.
BORELLI, Andreas, 1730-47; Parma; Guadagnini model.
BORLON, François. Antwerp maker, 1680-1710.
BOUCHER., London, 1764.
BOULLANGIER, Charles, b. 1823, Mirecourt; d. October 1888. Learnt his trade in Mirecourt till 1843; worked with Vuillaume and Gand and Bernardel, also for Edward Withers, London; good copyist of Strad.
BOUMEESTER (Baumeester). Amsterdam maker, 1637-68.
BOURDET, Jacques. Fair French maker, 1751.
BOURGARD, Jean. Worked in Nancy about 1780-87.
BOUSSU. Bruxelles about 1750-80; fairly good Amati pattern.
BRAGLIA, Antonio. Modena, eighteenth century.
BRANDIGLIONI. Brescia; copied Maggini.
BRANDL, Karl. Budapest; exhibited in London Exhibition, 1862.
BRANZO, Barbaro Francesco. Padua, 1660.
BREMEISTER, Jan. Amsterdam, 1707.
BRETON, J. F. Paris, 1740-80.
BRETON, Le, b. 1780, at Mirecourt.. No great value; 1812 to 1830.
BROSCHI, Carlo. Parma, 1730-44.
BROWN, James, b. 1755, d. Sept. 1830. Silk weaver in Shoreditch, London; pupil of Thomas Kennedy; chiefly a repairer of instruments.
BROWN, James, jun., son of the above; both father and sun fair workmen; b. Nov. 17 86; d. 1860, at White Lion Street, Norton Folgate; apprenticed to his father, but was principally employed to make bows.
BROWN, son and pupil of James Brown, jun. When about twenty years old, ceased to make instruments.
BROWNE, John. Cornhill, London, 1743; copied Nicholas Amati.
BRUBACH, Antoine, b. Jan. 22, 1847, Mirecourt; head of “Klein at Cie.,” Rouen..
BRUGÈRE, Charles Georges, b. Nov. 10, 1865, at Mirecourt; excellent maker; only labels what he makes himself.
BRUGÈRE, Charles Malakoff, d. 1894. Son of above; made about 100 good fiddles; the family still work at Mirecourt.
BRUGÈRE, François, brother of Charles Joseph Brugère. Had three sons, all makers.
BUCHSTADTER (Buchstetter), Gabriel David. Ratisbon, 1752; Cremona flat pattern; good orchestral instruments.
BUDIANI, Giavetta. Some of his large bass viols adapted for double-basses with four strings; contemporary of G. P. Maggini.
BUONFIGLIUOLI, Pier Francesco. Florentine, seventeenth century.
BURGLE, Johann. A maker in Griezbach, 1828.
BUSAS, Domenico. Vicenza, 1740.
BUSSETO (Buseto), Giammaria del. Cremonese viol-maker, 1540-80; said to have taught Andrea Amati.
BUSSOT. Paris, 1788.
BUTHOD. Cheap Mirecourt maker; good strong fiddles fit for orchestral use; turned out about 900 instruments a year; contemporary of Vuillaume.
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CABROLI, Lorenzo. Milan about 1716; indifferent.
CABROLY. Toulouse about 1740-47; fair.
CAESTE, Gaetano. Cremona in 1677.
CAESTO (Caesta), Pietro Antonio della. Treviso, 1660-80; copied Strad.
CAHUSAC. London about 1788. Worked with Banks’s sons.
CALCANI (Calcagni), Bernardo. In Genoa, 1710-50; copied Strad carefully and with good effect.
CALONARDI, Marco. Cremona, seventeenth century.
CALOT (Callot), b. 1810. Paris and Mirecourt; fine workman: good tone.
CALVAROLLA, Bartolommeo, of Torre Baldone (Bergamo). About 1753-67, Bologna and Bergamo; fair.
CAMILLI, Camillus (Camilus di Camila). Mantua about 1739-50; copied Strad; resembles also Landolfi; excellent tone.
CAMILLIO, Davido. Cremona, 1755.
CAPPA, Giofredo (Goffredo), 1590-1640. Worked with the Amatis; unequal in work; his instruments have often been cut down.
CAPPA, Giachimo (Gioacchino) and Giuseppe. Working in Saluzzio and in Turin about 1661-1712; indifferent.
CARCASSI, Lorenzo Francesco and Tommaso. Florence, about 1735-58; not first-rate.
CARLO, Giuseppe. Milan, 1769.
CARLOMORDI, Carlo. Verona in 1654.
CARON. Versailles, 1775-85. Maker to the Queen; not remarkable.
CARTER, John. Worked in London, 1780-90, for John Betts. Good; often sold for Betts'.
CASINI (Cassini), Antonio. Modena about 1660 to 1700. Made large violoncellos; fair.
CASPAN, Giampietro. Venice about 1650; Amati pattern; violins small, yellow varnish.
CASSANELLI, Giovanni. Ciano in 1777.
CASSINEAU. Paris; maker of all sorts.
CASTAGNERY (Castagneri), Andrea. Worked in Paris, 1732-57; he made good instruments.
CASTAGNERY (Castagneri), Gian Paolo. A maker from Cremona, who worked in Paris about 1630-62; very good and sweet tone.
CASTELLANI, Luigi, son of Pietro Castellani. Florence, 1809-84; good restorer of fiddles, but made none.
CASTELLANI, Pietro, b. Florence, second half of the eighteenth century. Made only a few violins.
CASTELLO, Paolo. Genoa about 1750-80; fair.
CASTRO. Worked in Venice, 1680-1720; indifferent appearance, but good wood.
CATENAR (Catenari), Enrico. Turin about 1670; fair; a follower of Cappa.
CATI, Pier Antonio. Florence, 1741; famous for his “kits.”
CAVALORIO. Geneva, 1725.
CELLINI, Giovanni, the father of Benvenuto Cellini, b. in Florence; d. there of the pest, 1527 or 1528. Architect; lute and viol maker. His viols, made about 1500-5, had a great reputation.
CELONIATI (Celionati). Giara Francesco, 1732. Goodmaker; Amati pattern; yellow varnish. “Joannes Franciscus Taurini, anno 1732.”
CERIN, Marc Antonio. A maker in Venice, 1780-93; pupil of Anselmo Bellosio; fair maker.
CERUTI, Enrico, son of Giuseppe Ceruti; b. 1808; d. Oct. 20, 1883. Cremona, at 14 Via Borgo Spera; made about 365 instruments; much esteemed in Italy.
CERUTI, Giovanni Battista, 1755, Cremona; d.1817. Pupil of Lorenzo Storioni; good; made about 500 instruments; varnish yellow.
CERUTI, Giuseppe, son and successor of Giovanni Battista, 1787; d. 1860, Mantua. Fair maker; chiefly repairer.
CHALLONER, Thomas. Worked in London in the eighteenth century.
CHAMPION, Jean Baptiste. Paris in 1783.
CHAMPION, René. Paris, 1731; finished and graceful; varnished like Boquay.
CHANOT, François, son of a musical instrument maker in Mirecourt; b. 1787, d. 1828. (See p.112.)
CHANOT, Georges, a brother of François; b. March 26, 1801; d. Jan. 10, 1883.
CHANOT, Georges, son of Georges Chanot.
CHANOT, G. A. Manchester.
CHAPPUY (Chapuy), Nicolas Augustin. Paris about 1732-76; fairly good; badly varnished. Fr. Habeneck played on one of his violins for many years.
CHARDON, Marie Joseph, son-in-law and pupil of Georges Chanot, sen.; b. May 22,1843, Paris. He succeeded his father-in-law in 1872; good maker; better restorer.
CHARDON, Marie Joseph Antoine Georges. Worked under his father.
CHARLE. Paris in 1748.
CHARLES, Theress. From Mirecourt, but settled in London, in King Street, Soho.
CHAROTTE. Mirecourt; d. 1836; settled in Rouen in 1830; indifferent.
CHATELAIN, François. About 1777-91; good maker; collaborated sometimes with Renault.
CHÉRON, Nicolas. Paris, 1658-91.
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CHERPITEL, Nicolas Emile. Mirecourt, 1841-93; worked with the Gands at Paris; very good workman.
CHEVRIER, André Augustin, b. in Mirecourt. Paris, and then in Brussels, 1838.
CHIAVELLATI, Domenico. Lonigo in 1796.
CHIBON, Jean Robert. Paris, 1775-85; indifferent.
CHIOCCHI (Chiocci), Gaetano. In Padua nineteenth century; good maker and repairer.
CHRÉTEN, Hippolyte, 1845-89. Lyons; excellent maker and restorer.
CRISTA, Joseph Paul. About 1730-40.
CHRISTOPHLE, Jean. Avignon, 1655.
CLARK. London, living at Clerkenwell. A pupil of Matthew Furber.
CLAUDOT, Augustin. Paris, beginning of eighteenth century; large pattern, yellow varnish; wood good, work carefully finished; branded his instruments with his name, “Augustin Claudot.”
CLAUDOT, Charles. Paris; but probably came from Mirecourt; indifferent.
CLÉMENT. Paris, about 1815-40, in the rue des Bonnes-Enfants; a good deal sought after.
COFFE-GOGUETTE. Mirecourt, 1834; excellent maker; fine tone.
COLE, James. Manchester; pupil of Tarr and George Crask, 1858.
COLE, Thomas. London about 1672-90; good tenor maker.
COLLIER, Samuel. London, at “Corelli's Head” on Loudon Bridge, about 1750-55.
COLLIER, Thomas. London, 1775.
COLLIN, Claude Nicolas. Mirecourt; d. 1864; pupil of N. F. Vuillaume, Brussels.
COLLIN-MÉZIN, Charles Jean Baptiste, son of C. N. Collin. Mirecourt, 1841-89; excellent maker and restorer; good Strad and Amati copyist.
COLLINGWOOD, Joseph. Worked in London about 1760, at the “Golden Spectacles” on London Bridge.
CONTRERAS, Joseph, 1710-80. Madrid or “Granadino;” beautiful Strad copyist; has passed for Strad.
CONTRERAS, son of Joseph Contreras.
CONWAY, William. London about 1745-50.
CORDANO, Jacopo Filippo. Genoa about 1774.
CORNELLI, Carlo. Cremona, 1702.
CORSBY, George. London; believed to be a brother of Corsby of Northampton.
CORSBY. Northampton about 1780; chiefly made double-basses.
COSTA, Agostino. Brescia and Venice in the seventeenth century.
COSTA, Marco della. Treviso, 1660-80.
COSTA, Pietro Antonio della. Worked in Treviso about 1740-65; fair Amati model
COUSINEAU, Georges, 1753-1824. In 1788 was entitled “Luthier de la reine;” made all sorts of instruments.
CRAMOND, Charles. A maker in Aberdeen, 1821-34.
CRAsK, George. Worked in various places, Salford, Manchester, &c.; prolific worker; Italian pattern.
CROSS, Nathaniel. London about 1700-51. (See p.125.)
CROWTHER, John, 1755-1810. He worked occasionally for John Kennedy.
CUCHET, Gaspard, 1729.
CUNAULT, Georges, b. 1856, Paris; Miremont, 1874-82; a good workman.
CUNY. Paris about 1740.
CUTHBERT. Maker of viols and violins in London, seventeenth century; fair.
CUYPERS, Johannes. The Hague about 1779.
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DANIEL. Antwerp about 1636-56; two specimens in Antwerp Cathedral.
DANIEL, Charles. Marseilles in 1762.
DARCHE, C. F. Brussels; was a pupil of N. F. Vuillaume (a brother of the Parisian maker); better restorer than maker.
DARCHE, Nicholas. Aix - la - Chapelle.
DAVID. A contemporary of Pierray; Paris about 1730; indifferent.
DAVIDSON, Hay. Huntly, 1870.
Davis, Richard. London; employed by Norris and Barnes; but when Norris died in 1818, he succeeded to the business. He knew little of violin-making, and always remained more of a dealer in, than a maker of instruments.
Davis, William. London (in 1846 sold business to Edward Withers); restored violins; Maucotel worked for him.
DAY, John. Ingenious amateur maker, devoted to reproduction of Cremonas, nineteenth century.
DEARLOVE, Mark. Leeds, 1812-20.
DEARLOVE, Mark William, son of Mark Dearlove. Leeds, 1828-62; employed good workmen — Absam, Gough, Fryer.
DECOMBE (not De Comble). Paris, eighteenth century.
DE COMBLE, Ambroise, b. at Tournai, Belgium, end of the seventeenth century; worked till 1760; said to have been a pupil of Antonio Stradivari at Cremona; instruments scarce, well made, of excellent wood, and have a rich tone.
DECONET, Michele. Venice about 1742-79; Cremona school.
DEFRESNE, Pierre. Rouen, 1730.
DEHAYE (Deshayes), nephew and only pupil of Salomon, 1775-1825, Paris; more dealer than maker; sold all sorts.
DEHOMMAIS, 1870. Successful amateur maker.
DELANNOY, N. J. Lille about 1740-75; fair maker.
DELANOE, Pierre Jean. Paris, 1754.
DELANOIX. Brussels about 1760; good maker.
DELANY (Delaney), John. Dublin in 1808; an original egotist, 1808. Label bears: “Made by John Delany, in order to perpetuate his memory in future ages. Dublin, 1808. Liberty to all the world, black and white.”
DELAU, Lucien, 1836 - 48. On the death of Charotte he joined Jeandel in violin-making, and they continued the business at Rouen.
DENNIS, Jesse, 1795-1855. London; apprenticed to John Crowther, 1805; worked under Matthew Furber.
DERAZEY, J. Mirecourt; Successor to J. Nicolas, jun.; sold his fiddles; made good cheap ones, from 5 to 150 francs; a prolific firm.
DEROUX, Sébastien. Mirecourt and Paris; b. 1848; making in 1898; good restorer; best Cremona models. Signs “A. S. D.”
DESCHAMPS, Claude. Paris, 1783-85.
DESJARDINS. Caen, 1763.
DESPONS, Antoine. Paris about 1610; rare, but not very good.
DESROUSSEAU. Eighteenth century.
DEVEREUX, John. He worked with B. Simon Fendt in London; migrated to Melbourne.
DICKENSON (Dickinson), Edward. Strand, London, about 1750-90; Stainer model; inferior.
DICKESON (Dickson), John, b. in Stirling. London and Cambridge, about 1750-80; excellent.
DIDELIN, Joseph. Nancy, 1765-75; poor maker.
DIDION, Gabriel Mirecourt; d. 1881.
DIEHL (or Diel, as it was originally spelt), Friedrich, son of Nicolaus Diehl; 1814-67; Darmstadt; fair.
DIEHL (Diel), Heinrich, a son of Johann Diehl.
DIEHL (Diel), Jacob, son of Nicolaus Diehl; d. 1873; Bremen in 1834, then Hamburg.
DIEHL (Diel), Johann, a brother of Nicolaus Diehl. Mayence.
DIEHL, Martin. Mayenee, eighteenth century; work poor.
DIEHL (Diel), Nicolaus, b. 1779, d. 1851. Son of Martin Diehl, to whose business he succeeded.
DIEHL (Diel), Nicolaus Louis, d. 1876. Was a son of Jacob Diehl; worked in Hamburg; he published a work on Italian violin-makers.
DIEULAFAIT. A viol-maker; Paris in 1720.
DINI, Giambattista. Lucignano in 1707.
DITTON. London about 1700. In Thomas Britton's Collection was a “good violin by Ditton.”
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DODD, Edward, b. 1705, Sheffield; d. 1810, London, at the age of 105. First bow-maker of this name. He lived in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street; buried in St. Bride's Church.
DODD, James, second son of Edward. Also made bows.
DODD, James, son of James Dodd, sen.; was a good bow-maker.
DODD, John, eldest son of Edward Dodd; b. 1752. (See p.116.)
DODD, Thomas, third son of Edward Dodd. Employed Bernhard Fendt and Lott; proud of his varnish; an all-round man, and dealer in all sorts of instruments; violoncellos fetch £50.
DODD, Edward and Thomas, sons of Thomas Dodd, sen. Both learnt from Bernhard Fendt, and carried on the business at St. Martin's Lane.
DOMINICELLI (Domincelli). Ferrara, 1695-1715; studied in Brescia; copied the Amati pattern; varnish of a golden colour.
DOMINICHINO, Giuseppe. Verona, 1700; Amati pattern.
DONATO, Serafino. Venice, 1410-11.
DONI, Rocco. A priest in Floence, 1600-60; made lutes and violins.
DOPFER (Döpfer), Nicolaus. Mayence (?) about 1768; instruments well made, slightly arched; sound-holes small but well cut, varnish brown.
DORANT, William. Spitalfields, 1814.
DORFFEL (Dörffel), Johann Andreas. A violin and lute maker in Klingenthal, Saxony, in 1743.
DRINDA, Giacomo. Pianzo, eighteenth century.
DRÖGMEYER, Hermann August. Bremen; wrote a book on violins, 1891.
DROULEAU or Droulot. Paris, 1788-1800.
DROUYN, Dimanche. Paris.
DUCHÉRON, Mathurin. Contemporary of Boquay, working in Paris in 1714.
DUIFFOPRUGCAR (Duiffoproucart), Gaspard, 1514. (See p.18.)
DUKE, Richard. London about 1750-80. (See p.132.)
DUKE, Richard, son of Richard Duke.
DULFENN, Alexander. Leghorn in 1699.
DUMÉNIL, N. Paris, 1786.
DUMESNIL, Jacques. Paris about 1655-60.
DUNCAN. Aberdeen, 1762.
DUNCAN, George. Glasgow, 1887.
DURFEL (Dürfell), J. G. Altenburg, l778; double-basses excellent; violins very arched; muddy dark brown varnish.
DU RIEZ, Nicolas. A good French maker; Abbeville, 1663.
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EBERLE, Johann Ulrich. Prague about 1730- 60; good Cremona copyist.
EBERTI, Tommaso. Italian maker about 1730-50.
EDLINGER, Thomas, b. in Bohemia, and was living in Prague 1712-15. Good.
EGLINGTON. London in 1802; fair tone.
ELÉMENT, Jean Laurent. Paris in 1783.
ELSLER (Esler), Johann Joseph. Mayence about 1715-30; bass viol maker; transition on verge of the violin.
EMILIANI, Francesco de. Rome about 1715- 20; fine workman; yellow varnish.
ENGLEDER, Andreas. Munich, 1854; an original designer.
ENGLEDER, Ludwig. Bamberg, 1854; German pattern; fair tone.
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ERNST, Franz Anton, b. Dec. 3, 1745, Georgenthal, Bohemia; player and maker; Stradivari pattern, and some say approached Stradivari tone.
EULRY-CLÉMENT. Mirecourt, 1800.
EURY. About 1810-30, Paris; an excellent bow-maker, 1820. He was working at 20 rue des Lyonnais-Saint-Jacques in 1820. His bows are justly celebrated, and are thought to rival even those of François Tourte. He generally marked them with his name.
EVANGELISTI. Florence, eighteenth century.
EVANS, Richard. London about 1742-50.
EVE, Jacques. German model, arched; brown varnish; good workman.
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FABRIS, Luigi. Venice in nineteenth century.
FACINI, Agostino. A monk at Bologna, 17 32-42; delicate workman; yellow varnish.
FALAISE. French follower of Pique; Cremona pattern; yellow varnish.
FARINATO, Paolo. Venice about 1700-30; fair maker, Serafino pattern.
FEBBRE. Amsterdam in 1762.
FENDT, Bernhard. (See p.132.)
FENDT, Bernhard Simon. (See p.132.)
FENDT, Francis, fourth son of Bernhard Fendt. (See p.132.)
FENDT, François, best known in France as Fent.
FENDT, Jacob, third son of Bernhard Fendt.
FENDT, Martin, second son of Bernhard Fendt.
FENDT, William, second son of Bernhard Simon.
FERATI, Pietro. Sienna, 1754-64; poor maker.
FÉRET. A pupil of Médard; Paris, 1708; good maker.
FERGUSON, Donald. Huntly, Aberdeenshire.
FERGUSON & SON.. Edinburgh, beginning of the nineteenth century.
FERRARI, Agostino. Budrio (Italy), eighteenth century.
FERRARI, Alfonso. Carpi (Modena), 1738.
FERRARI, Carlo. Sienna in 1740.
FEURY or Ferry, François, son-in-law of Leclerc the violin-maker. Paris about 1750-60; violins small pattern, the sound-holes small, varnish red, work good.
FICHTL, Martin. Vienna, 1750-57; careful in wood and varnish.
FICKER, Johann Christian. Cremona, 1720-22; German style.
FICKER, Johann Gottlieb. Cremona about 1788-89.
FIKER, Johann Christian. Neukirchen (Saxony), eighteenth century.
FIORILLO, Giovanni. Ferrara, 1780; German and Italian patterns; violoncellos are best.
FIORINI, Giuseppe, son of Raffaele Fiorini, b. 1867. Excellent maker.
FIORINI, Raffaele, b. at Pianoro. Worked at Bologna.
FIRTH, G. Leeds, 1836; pupil of William Booth, sen.
FISCER, Carlo and Giuseppe, brothers. Milan about 1760-64; inclined to German style, but good varnish.
FISCHER, Anton, b. 1794, d. 1879. Vienna.
FISCHER, Zacharie, b. Nov. 5, 1730, Würzburg; d. there Nov. 27, 1812; first began baking his wood to age it; his violins are still liked.
FLEURI (Fleury), Jean François. Paris, 1783-85.
FLEURY, Benoist. Paris, 1751-91; fair maker.
FLORENUS (Florinus), Guidantus or Florentus. Bologna about 1700-60; far from first-class.
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FONCLAUSE, Joseph (called “Le Mayeux”), b. 1800, à la Conté; d. 1865, Paris. Mirecourt, and employed by Vuillaume.
FORCHEVILLE, J. Baptiste. Early pochette-maker.
FORSTER (Foster or Forrester), John, b. Kirkandrews, on the Esk.
FORSTER, Simon Andrew, son of William Forster (1764-1824). (See p.126.)
FORSTER, William, son of John Forster; b. 1713-14; d. 1801. (See p.126.)
FORSTER, William (“Old Forster”), son of William Forster (1713- 1801). (See p.126.)
FORSTER, William (“ Young Forster”), son of William Forster (1739 - 1808). (See p.126.)
FORSTER, William, eldest son of William Forster, 1764-1824. (See p. 126.)
FRAISER, Giorgio. Cremona, 1666; worked for Nicola Amati.
FRANCK. Ghent., 1800-30; chiefly a clever repairer.
FRANKLAND. London, 1785; employed by the William Forsters.
FREBRUNET, Jean. Paris, 1750-60; good maker; yellow varnish.
FRITSCHE (Fritzche), Samuel. Leipzig, 1787; pupil of C. H. Hunger; good maker (Cremona model) and fine repairer.
FRYER, Charles. London and Leeds, 1830-40.
FURBER, David. Pupil of John Johnson (1750-60), a maker in London. (See p.234.)
FURBER, Henry John, son and pupil of John Furber.
FURBER, James, first son of Matthew Furber, sen.
FURBER, John, third son of Matthew Furber, sen.
FURBER, Matthew, sen., son of David Ferber.
FURBER, Matthew, second son of Matthew Furber, sen.
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GABRIELLI, Antonio. Florence, 1760; good violins.
GABRIELLI, Bartolommeo. Florence about 1730.
GABRIELLI, Cristoforo. Florence, 1730.
GABRIELLI, Giovanni Battista. Florence, 1740-70; good tone, excellent wood, yellow varnish; his violoncellos and altos considered best.
GAETANO, Antoniazzi, b. Aug. 7, 1825, Cremona; good rnaker, has gained medals of honour; his sons, Ricardo and Romeo, work with him.
GAFFINO, Giuseppe. An Italian, worked in Paris, 1745-83; careful maker.
GAGLIANO (Galiano), Alessandro, b. 1640. (See p.89.)
GAGLIANO, Antonio, son of Giovanni, grandson of Nicola. (See “Raffaele Gagliano.”)
GAGLIANO, Ferdinando, eldest son of Nicola, grandson of Alessandro. (See p.89.)
GAGLIANO, Gennaro, second son of Alessandro, brother of Nicola; b. about 1680, at Naples; d. 1750. He was the best maker of this family.
GAGLIANO, Giovanni, fourth son of Nicola, nephew of the great Gennaro; d. 1806.
GAGLIANO, Giuseppe and Antonio, second and third sons of Nicola; lived at Naples.
GAGLIANO, Nicola, eldest son of Alessandro; b. about 1675, at Naples; d. there about 1745.
GAGLIANO, Raffaele and Antonio, sons of Giovanni, grand-sons of Nicola.
GAILLARD-LAJOUE, J. B. Mirecourt; d. about 1870; first an apprentice and then first workman in the workshop of Gand; fair maker.
GAIROUD, Louis. Nantes about 1740.
GALBANI, Piero. Florence in 1640.
GALBICELLIS, G. B. Florence, 1757.
GALBUSERA, Carlo Antonio. Follower of Chanot; made a guitar-shaped model; violins much praised, but little known now.
GALERZENA. Piedmont, 1790.
GALLAND, Jean. Paris, rue St.-Honoré, about 1744-50.
GALRAM, Joachim Joseph. Lisbon in 1769.
GAND, Charles Adolphe, eldest son of Charles François Gand; b. Dec. 11, 1812, Paris; d. Jan. 24, 1866.
GAND, Charles François, eldest son of Charles Michel Gand; b. Aug. 5, 1787, Versailles. (See p.108.)
GAND, Charles Michel, the head of the Gand family; b. 1748, at Mirecourt; d. 1820, Versailles.
GAND, Charles Nicolas Eugène, second son of Charles François Gand; b. June 5, 1825, at Paris; d. Feb. 6, 1892, Boulogne-sur-Seine.
GAND, Guillaume, second son of Charles Michel Gand, 1792-1858.
GARANI (Garana), Michelangelo. A maker in Bologna about 1680 to 1720; small value.
GARANI, Nicola. 1700. Fair instruments, Gagliano pattern; plain wood, yellow varnish.
GARENGHI, Giuseppe. Brescia, 1857.
GASPARO DA SALÒ, son of Francesco Bertolotti, b. 1542. (See p.30.)
GATTANANI. Piedmont, 1785-90.
GATTINARI, Enrico. Turin, 1670-75.
GATTINARI, Francesco, son of Enrico Gattinari. Good maker, 1700-5; red varnish.
GAUTROT, Mirecourt, 1855.
GAVINIÉS (Gavaniès), François. 1700-63, Bordeaux; 1730 Paris, and was living in Rue St.-Thomas-du-Louvre, 1734-63. Unequal maker of violins, some cheap and poor, others very superior.
GEDLER, Johann Anthony and Johann Benedict. Fussen, Bavaria, about 1750-96. Poor violins.
GEISENHOF (Geiffenhof,Geigenhof), Franz, b. 1754; d. 1821. Fairly good.
GEMÜNDER, August, b. 1814, Würtemberg; d. Sept., 1895, New York. Excellent maker, fine copyist.
GEMÜNDER, George, brother of August Gemünder, b. 1816 in Würtemberg.
GERMAIN, Emile, son of Joseph Louis Germain. Turin, 1870-88. Studied at Mirecourt. Prolific maker, good varnish, fair tone, fine repairer.
GERMAIN, Joseph Louis, b. July 23, 1822, Mirecourt, 1868; worked with F. Gand family and B. Vuillaume. Excellent maker and repairer.
GERONI, Domenico. Ostia, Italy, about 1800-20. Inferior.
GRERARDI, Giacomo. Bologna, 1677.
GHIDINI, Carlo. Parma, about 1746.
GIANOLI, Domenico. Milan, 1731.
GIBBS, James. London, 1800-45. Was employed by J. Morrison, George Corsby, and Samuel Gilkes.
GIBERTINI, Antonio. Parma, 1830-33. Stradivari pattern. Employed by Paganini as a repairer.
GIGLI, Julio Cesare. Rome, 1730-62.
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GILBERT, Nicolas Louis. Metz, 1700.
GILBERT, Simon, son of Nicolas Louis Gilbert. Metz, about 1737.
GILKES, Samuel, 1787-1827. Morton Pinkney, Northamptonshire. London. Worked for William Forster (1764-1824). Nicola Amati pattern; clever maker.
GILKES, William, son of Samuel Gilkes, about 1811-75, in Grey Coat Street, Tothill Fields, Westminster, London. Prolific maker; chiefly double basses.
GIOFFREDA, B. Turin, in 1860.
GIORDANO (Giordane), Alberto. Cremona, about 1735-40.
GIORGI, Nicola. Turin, 1745.
GIRANIANI. Leghorn, 1730.
GIRON. (See "Villaume")
GIULIANI. Cremona, 1660. Pupil of Nicola Amati.
GOBETTI, Francesco. Venice, 1705. A pupil of Antonio Stradivari. Alleged fine wood, varnish, and tone.
GOFFRILLER (Gofriler), Antonio. Venice, 18th century.
GOFFRILLER, Francesco. Venice. Fair maker; yellow-brown varnish.
GOFFRILLER, Matteo. Venice, 1690-1740. Careless in wood but careful in work; yellow varnish; arched pattern violin excellent.
GONNET, Pierre Jean. Paris, 1775-83.
GOSSELIN. An amateur maker in Paris about 1814-30.
GOSSET. Rheims, 1769.
GOUVERNARI, Antonio. Cremona, 1600-10.
GRABENSEE, J. A. Düsseldorf, about 1850-55.
GRAGNANI. Antonio. Leghorn, about 1741-80. Rough workmanship; inferior wood; sweet tone.
GRAGNANI, Gennaro. Leghorn, 1730.
GRAGNANI, son of Antonio Gragnani. Inferior to his father.
GRANCINO. Francesco and Giam Battista, sons of Giovanni and grandsons of Paolo Grancino. 1710-60. (See p.90.)
GRANCINO, Giovanni, son of Paolo Grancino. Milan 1690-1730.
GRANCINO, Paolo. Worked at Milan, 1665-90. Pupil of Nicola Amati at Cremona.
GRAND-GÉRARD. Vosges, 1790-1810. Also Paris. Prolific but inferior.
GRANDINI, Geronimo, sen. Mirecourt. Some merit.
GRANDJON, sen. Mirecourt.
GRANDJON, J., son of Grandjon, sen. Mirecourt. Fair maker.
GRAY, J. Fochabers, Banffshire, Scotland, in 1870.
GREFFTS, Johann. Fussen, Bavaria, in 1622.
GREGORI. Bologna, 1793.
GRIMM, Carl, b. about 1792; d. 1855, Berlin. One of the best German makers.
GRIMM, Ludwig, son of Carl Grimm.
GRISERI, Filippo. Florence in 1650.
GROBITZ, A. Warsaw in 1750. Good violins on the Stainer pattern.
GROLL, Matthew. Meran, Tyrol, in 1800.
GROSSET, Paul François. Paris, 1747-59. Pupil of Claude Pierray. Inferior.
GROSSI., Giuseppe. Bologna in 1803.
GROU. 1752.
GRULLI, Pietro. Cremona, 1883.
GUADAGNINI, Antonio, son of Gaetano, grandson of Carlo Guadagnini, b. 1831; d. 1881 at Turin. (See p.86.)
GUADAGNINI, Felice, son of Carlo Guadagnini. Turin, 1835.
GUADAGNINI, Francesco and Giuseppe, sons of Antonio Guadagnini. Turin.
GUADAGNINI, Gaetano, son of Giambattista, grandson of Lorenzo. Turin about 1750.
GUADAGNINI, Gaetano. (See “Carlo Guadagnini.”)
GUADAGNINI, Giambattista, son of Lorenzo, b. 1711 at Cremona; d. Sept. 18, 1786, at Turin.
GUADAGNINI, Giovanni Battista, brother of Lorenzo Guadagnini. Milan, Piacenza, and Turin about 1695-1775.
GUADAGNINI, Giuseppe, second son of Giambattista, grandson of Lorenzo, b. 1736; d. about 1805.
GUADAGNINI, Giuseppe. (See “Carlo Guadagnini.”)
GUADAGNINI, Giuseppe. (See “Francesco Guadagnini.”)
GUADAGNINI, Lorenzo, b. at Piacenza (?) about 1665. A pupil of Antonio Stradivari at Cremona.
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GUARINI, Joseph. Germigny, Vosges. Good violins, double purfle, powerful tone.
GUARNERI, Andrea, b. about 1626 at Cremona; d. there Dec. 7, 1698. (For the Guarneri family See p.51.)
GUARNERI, Caterina (?), daughter of Andrea.
GUARNERI, Gian Battista, son of Bernardo, younger brother of Andrea.
GUARNERI, Giuseppe, known as “del Gesù,” the greatest of the family. (See p.51.)
GUARNERI, Giuseppe Giovan Battista, second son of Andrea, b. Nov. 25, 1666, Cremona; d. soon after 1738.
GUARNERI, Pietro, son of Giuseppe Giovan Battista Guarneri, grandson of Andrea, b. April 14, 1695. 1760.
GUARNERI, Pietro Giovanni, eldest son of Andrea, b. Feb. 18, 1655, at Cremona; d. about 1740.
GUÉDON, Jacques Antoine. Paris, 1775-77.
GUÉRIN, Alexandre Sauveur, 1834-88, Hyères. Pupil and successor of Edmond Daniel; works at Marseilles; repairs old instruments and makes new ones on the pattern of Stradivari; much admired.
GUERRA, Giacomo. Modena, 1810.
GUERSAN, Louis. A maker in Paris about 1730-69; one of the best French makers; great experimentalist; used spirit varnish.
GUGEMMOS (Gugemos). Fussen, Bavaria. Eighteenth century; poor maker.
GUGLIELMI, Giobattista. Cremona, 1747.
GUIDANTUS, Joannes Florenus. Bologna, 1685-1728.
GUIDOMINI, Lorenzo. Milan, 1740.
GUILLAMI. A Spanish family, 1680-1780.
GUITON, R., of Cork. Good.
GUSETTO, Nicola. Florence, 1730.
GUTERMANN. Vienna, nineteenth century. Good.
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HAENSEL, Johann Anton. Was maker and musician to the Duke of Schönburg at Rochsburg, 1800-15.
HAFF. Augsburg, eighteenth century.
HAMBERGER, Joseph. Pressburg, Hungary. Firm still makers at Vienna.
HAMM, Johann Gottfried. A German who worked in Rome about 1810; violins ivory edged.
HAMMIG, W. H. Leipzig, tenth century; good work.
HARBOUR or Harbur. A maker, London, 1785.
HARDANGER. Norway.
HARDIE, James, & Sons. Edinburgh, 1837-90. Industrious makers and exhibitors. Maggini, Stradivari, and Guarneri models.
HARDIE, Matthew, 1825, and Thomas, 1856. Good violins, violas, and violoncellos on the Amati pattern.
HARDIE, Peter. Dunkeld, 1773-1863. Excellent violoncellos.
HARE, Joseph (or John), 1700-30. Reacted against Stainer pattern in favour of Stradivari. London, 1726.
HARHAM. London, 1765-85.
HARMAND. Mirecourt in 1772.
HARRIS, Charles. London, 1780-1800. Seldom labelled; his work good, especially 'cellos, Stradivari and Amati pattern; red varnish.
HARRIS, Charles, eldest son of Charles Harris. Worked for John Hart, nineteenth century; yellow varnish.
HART, John Thomas, 1805-74, London. Pupil of Samuel Gilkes; made few instruments; reputation for experience and skill in repairing.
HASSERT. Eisenach, eighteenth century. Good instruments, not much arched, beautiful wood, amber - coloured varnish; good copyist.
HASSERT. A brother. Eisenach, 1790, in Rudolstadt. Instruments too much arched; rather harsh tone.
HAYNES, Jacob. London, 1746. Stainer pattern.
HEBERLEIN, Heinrich, jun. Clever maker in Markneukirchen, nineteenth century.
HEESOM, Edward. London, 1748-50. Stainer pattern.
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HEIDEGGER. Passau.
HEL, Pierre Joseph, 1842-95. Seven years in Mirecourt, then with Sébastien Vuillaume in Paris, and Nicolas Darche at Aix-la-Chapelle. In 1865 he started his own business at 14 Rue Nationale, Lille; full of ingenuity; peculiar methods of seasoning wood without fire; has received much praise and many honours; a beautiful maker.
HELD, J. J., b. July 17, 1823-89, Flamersheim, Rheinbach (Cologne). Great repairer and careful maker of about sixteen instruments a year; much esteemed.
HELL, Ferdinand. Vienna, 1854. Eccentric maker of a trumpet-violin.
HELMICH. Continued Carl Grimm's business.
HENDERSON, D. Aberdeen.
HÉNOC (or Hénocq), François. Paris, 1775-89.
HÉNOC (Hénocq), Jean (? Georges Bienaimé). Maker, Paris, 1768 to about 1790.
HENRY. Paris.
HENRY, Carolus, son of Jean Baptiste Henry, 1803-59; prolific maker; inventor of a barytone fiddle (not a success); a good maker otherwise.
HENRY, Eugène, son of Charles Henry, 1843-92; an excelcellent maker of fine repairs; business continued by Charles Bruyère.
HENRY, Jean Baptiste, b. 1757-1831, Mataincourt, Mirecourt (Vosges). He was the head of the present family of makers.
HENRY, Jean Baptiste Félix, eldest son of Jean Baptiste Henry. 1793-1858. Paris. Pupil of his father; in Bordeaux, 1822; in Marseilles, 1825. In 1844 he returned to Paris. A prolific maker, but never signed.
HENRY, Octave, son of Jean Baptiste Félix Henry. 1826-54. Paris. In Grenoble in 1854; made a great many violins.
HENRY. A violin bow-maker; 1812 at Mirecourt; 1870, Paris; worked with Chanot; made excellent bows.
HILDEBRANDT, Michael Christopher. Hamburg, 1765-1800; good work; fine repairer.
HILL, Henry Lockey, son of Lockey Hill; grandson of Joseph Hill; b. 1774; d. Aug., 1835. (For Hill family See p.133.)
HILL, John. Red Lion Street, Holborn, 1794.
HILL, Joseph, b. 1715; d. 1784. He was a fellow-apprentice of Banks, working at “Ye Harp and Hautboy,” in Piccadilly, London, under Peter Wamsley, about 1740-42. Worked till 1772. His sons, William, Joseph, Lockey, and Benjamin, were all makers.
HILL, William, son of Joseph Hill. Worked in London about 1740-80.
HILL, William Ebsworth, son of Henry Lockey Hill, 1817-95. The present members of the firm are his four eldest sons: William Henry, b. June 3, 1857, followed the musical profession for some years before joining his brothers in the business; Arthur Frederick, b. Jan. 25, 1860; Alfred Ebsworth, b. Feb. 1862, who worked for some time at Mirecourt (Vosges), and was the first Englishman to go there to study; and Walter Edgar, b. Nov. 4, 1871, who also worked at Mirecourt. They employ a large staff of assistants in their workshops at Hanwell. (See p.133.)
HIRCUTT. London about 1600.
HOCHBRÜCKER. Donauworth,Bavaria, 1699. Later at Augsburg. Made some violins, but is chiefly known as the inventor of pedals for the harp, about 1720.
HÖHNE. Dresden and Weimar.
HÖRLEIN, Carl Adam, b. 1829-75. Winkelhof, Würzburg; great reputation both as maker and repairer.
HOFFMANN, Anton. Court-maker in Vienna, 1850.
HOFFMANN, Martin. Leipzig, 1725; in Leipzig from about 1685; violins and violoncellos of good tone, inelegant pattern; shows well the transition period between viol and violin by recurrence to older types of a five-stringed violon-cello.
HOFMANS, Matthias. Antwerp, 1700-50; choice maker in the Cremona style.
HOLLOWAY, John. London, 1794.
HOMOLKA, F. Kuttenberg, Bohemia, 1850; good maker, but wood rather too thick.
HOPKINS. Worcester; exhibited a double-bass in London in 1862.
HORIL, Giacomo. Rome, 1720-50.
HORNSTEINER (Hornstainer), Joseph. Mittenwald, 1730; good double-basses; mediocre.
HORNSTEINER (Hornstainer), Mathias. Maker in Mittenwald, 1770-1800; better than Joseph.
HOSBORN, Thomas Alfred. London, 1629. A bass viol exhibited in Paris, 1878.
HUET, Henri. Paris, 1775-90; good workmanship.
HULINSKI. Prague in 1760; instruments were well made; varnish red-brown.
HULLER, August. Shœneck, 1735-76.
HULSKAMP, G. H., b. in Westphalia. Settled in New York, U.S.A. In the 1862 London Exhibition he exhibited violins made on a new pattern. Instead of the ordinary sound-holes, was one round hole in the middle of the violin, just below where the bow sets the strings in motion; his innovations ineffectual.
HUMEL, Christian. Nuremberg in 1709.
HUNGER, Christoph Friedrich, b. 1718, Dresden; d. 1787, Leipzig; excellent instruments.
HUREL, Jean. Paris, living in 1686, Rue des Arcis, at the sign of “A l’image de St. Pierre;” from 1689 to 1717, Rue St. Martin, near the Fontaine Maubué. He was maker of instruments “pour la musique du Roy.”
HUSSON. See “Buthod.”
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JACOBS, Peeter. Amsterdam about 1690-1740; prolific maker; sometimes mistaken for Nicola Amati; grand pattern; whalebone purfling; sweet tone.
JACOBS. Amsterdam; probably son of Peeter; used dark red varnish of good quality.
JACOT, A., eldest son of Jean Charles. Paris, 19th century.
JACOT, Jean Charles. Metz, 1811-87.
JACQUOT (Jacquart), Charles, 1804-80. Mirecourt; much esteemed; careful finish; a learned connoisseur and successful exhibitor.
JACQUOT, Etienne Charles Albert, eldest son of Pierre Charles Jacquot, b. 1853-82, Nancy.
JACQUOT, Jules Victor, second son of Pierre Charles Jacqnot, b. Aug. 12, 1855.
JACQUOT, Pierre Charles, son of Charles Jacquot; b. March 10, 1828-94. Nancy; had a great reputation, and exhibited beautiful instruments at various Exhibitions; his two sons worked with him.
JAIS, Johann. Botzen, 1775; varnished brown.
J'ANSON, Edward Popplewell. Manchester. Learnt from William Booth, jun.
JAUCH, Johann, b.Gratz, Styria; in Dresden, 1765-74. Cremona pattern; learned maker; tone rather harsh.
JAY, Henry. A maker of viols in London about 1615-67; justly celebrated, and on the verge of the violin period.
JAY, Henry. Worked in London about 1746-68. He was best known for the small violins or “kits” that he made, which were used by dancing-masters; also made some violoncellos.
JAY, Thomas. Working in London from about 1690; made some excellent violins.
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JEANDEL, Pierre Napoleon. 1812-79. Courcelles-sons-Vaudémont (Meurthe), Rouen, and Paris; red varnish; good tone.
JOHNSON, John. London, 1750-60. Stainer pattern.
JOMBAR, Paul. Paris. He worked for Gand and Bernardel; started his own business in 1892.
JORIO, Vincenzo. Naples, 1847. Good.
JOSEPH, J. Vienna, 1764.
JULIANO, Francesco. Home, 1620-70.
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KEMBTER. Dibingen, 1725-30. Varnish yellow or reddish; neat maker.
KENNEDY, Alexander. Scotland, 1695-1785. Excellent maker; high repute; spirit varnish, brown; Stainer pattern.
KENNEDY, John. London, 1816. Buried in Shoreditch Church. Pupil of Alexander Kennedy. Violins and violas, all very arched; Stainer pattern.
KENNEDY, Thomas, 1784-1870, London. Son of John Kennedy. Worked sometimes for William Forster; made at least 300 violoncellos, as well as other instruments. Good tone, fine finish.
KERLINo, Joann.
KIAPOSSE, Sawes. St. Petersburg, 1748-50.
KIESGEN, Louis. Paris. Fine workman. Pattern of Gand; red varnish.
KIRSCHSCHLAG. Tyrol, 1780.
KLEIN, A. In 1884, Rouen. Important firm. Red varnish. High Exhibition awards.
KLOSS, Ernst. Breslau.
KLOTZ (Kloz), Egidius. (See p.119.)
KLOTZ, George, son of Mathias and grandson of Egidius Klotz. Mittenwald, 1750-70.
KLOTZ, Johann Carl. Mittenwald about 1740-55. Excellent work; dark varnish.
KLOTZ, Joseph, brother of George Klotz. Mittenwald, 1774. Also followed the Stainer pattern.
KLOTZ, Mathias, son and pupil of Egidius. 1650. His three sons, George, Sebastian, and Joseph, were all makers.
KLOTZ, Michael and Carl, two brothers. Mittenwald about 1770. A great many of the violins with “Stainer” labels are made by members of the Klotz family.
KLOTZ, Sebastian, a brother of Joseph and George Klotz. 1700-40. The best maker in the family. Large pattern, not much arched; varnish is excellent, the tone clear and full.
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KLÜHER. Markneukirchen, Saxony.
KNITTING, Philipp. Mittenwald, 1760.
KNITTLE (Knitl), Joseph. Mittenwald, 1790.
KNOOP, Wilhelm. Meiningen. Stainer pattern; good.
KOEUPPERS, Jean. The Hague, 1755-80. Well-made fiddles; ugly yellow varnish.
KOLB, Hans. Bavaria, 1666.
KOLDITZ, Johann. Rumburg, Bohemia, 1796. Good violins and violas.
KOLDITZ, Mathias Johann. Munich, 1720-55.
KOLIKER, Jean Gabriel. Paris,1783-99. Clever repairer.
KRAMER, H. Vienna in 1717.
KRIGGE, Heinrich. Danzig, 1756-58. Maggini pattern, model large size, neat edges and work, and double purfling in ink.
KRINER, Joseph. Mittenwald, 1785-95.
KRUPP, Pierre. Worked in Paris, Rue St. Honoré, 1777-91; he also made harps.
KÜHLEWEIN UND TETZNER. Makers in Marknenkirclien. Exhibited in Munich, 1854.
KÜNTZEL. Berlin. He exhibited a quintet of instruments in London, 1862; tone excellent.
KUNTZEL, Laurent. 1790. Hof Bavaria and Breslau, 1815-55. Excellent violins on Italian model.
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LACROIX, Salomon. Nineteenth century.
LAFLEUR. London, brother of the Parisian maker.
LAFLEUR, Jacques. A bow-maker in Paris. Excellent disciple of Tourte.
LAFLEUR, Joseph René, son of Jacques. 1812-74. Excellent bow-maker.
LAFRANCHINI, Jacobo de. Worked for Maggini.
LAGETTO, Louis. An Italian maker; Paris, 1745-53; early Italian model.
LAMBERT. Prolific but indifferent maker.
LAMBERT, Jean Nicolas. Paris, 1743-85. Not remarkable.
LAMBIN. Clever repairer in Ghent, 1800-30.
LAMY, N. Alfred Joseph. A bow-maker; 1850-89, Mirecourt; excellent.
LANDI, Pietro. Sienna, 1774.
LANDOLFI, Carlo Ferdinando. Milan, 1740-75. Unequal maker; at his best often mistaken for Joseph or Peter Guarnerius; £50 outside price, but rising in value.
LANTEZ, M. E., son-in-law of Grandjon, sen. Mirecourt.
LANZA (Lansa or Lausa), Antonio Maria. Brescia about 1675; followed the patterns of Gasparo da Salò and Maggini; excellent maker.
LAPAIX, J. A. Lille (Nord, France), 1840-55. Tried many new shapes with moderate success; industrious and ingenious.
LAPRÉVOTTE, Etienne. Mirecourt; 1856, Paris. Made good violins; beautifully finished; also guitars.
LARCHE. Brussels, 1847. Dyed his fiddles with acids, with usual result of impoverished tone.
LARCHER, Pierre. Tours, 1785. Pupil of Guersan, Paris, but work dissimilar; brown varnish of poor quality.
LASKA. Joseph. 1738-1805, Prague. Pupil of J. Kolditz; worked for best makers in Dresden, Berlin, Vienna, and Brünn; his violins popular in Bohemia, Saxony, and Poland.
LAUTTEN, L. W. Tyrol. One “fine and handsome” violin known.
LAVAZZA (or Lacasso), Antonio Maria. Milan about 1700; Stradivari pattern; good varnish, pale red.
LAVAZZA, Santino. Was working in Milan at the same time as Antonio Maria Lavazza.
LEE. Pressburg, eighteenth century; one of the best German makers of his time.
LE BLANC. Family of makers who, through four generations, worked in Paris, eighteenth century.
LEBLANC, Claude. Mirecourt, eighteenth century.
LECLERC, J. N. Paris, 1760-80; good maker and repairer.
LECOMTE (or Fouquet-Lecomte), Antoine. Paris, 1775-1800.
LECUYER, Pierre. Paris, 1775-83.
LEDUC, Pierre. Paris, 1647; one of the oldest makers there.
LEEB, J. Carl. 1792-1819. Vienna.
LEFEBVRE (Lefebre), J. B. A Frenchman who worked in Amsterdam, 1735-70; Amati pattern; yellow varnish.
LEFÈVRE (Lefebvre). Toussaint Nicolas Germain. Paris, 1783-89.
LEGROS de la Neuville, Nicolas. French maker, eighteenth century; guitars, violins, and violoncellos.
LE JEUNE. A family of makers who for several generations worked in Paris; nineteenth century.
LE JEUNE, François. Paris, eighteenth century; violins and viols; not remarkable.
LE JEUNE, Jean Baptiste. Made harps and violins in Paris; eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
LE JEUNE, Jean Charles. Paris in 1776; succeeded by his nephew, Guillaume Martin, in 1822.
LE JEUNE, Louis. Paris, 1783-89.
LE LIEVRE. Paris, 1750-80.
LEMBÖCK, Gabriel. 1814-92. Budapest; worked with Fischer in Vienna; copied Guarnerius; much esteemed.
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L'EMPEREUR, Jean Baptiste. Paris, 1750; few instruments.
LENK, W., b. 1840; 1881, Schönbach bei Eger, Bohemia; worked under Klüher in Markneukirchen; then Berlin, Breslau, Vienna; finally settled at Frankfort; fair maker.
LENTZ (Lenz), Johann Nicolaus. Came from the Tyrol to London; friend of Bernhard Fendt; varnished like Dodd and J. F. Lott.
LEONI, Carlo. Treviso, 1861.
LEONI. Parma in 1816.
LE PILEUR, Pierre. Paris, 1750-55. Not very good.
LÉTÉ, Simon, b. about 1768; 1828 made very cheap, good fiddles for £l; at one time a partner of J. B. Vuillaume.
LEWIS, Edward. London about 1700. An excellent maker; yellow and red varnish; in Thomas Britton's collection was an “excellent tenor by Mr. Lewis” and a “rare good” bass-violin.
LIEBICH, Ernst, b. Oct. 27, 1796-1876; Stradivari and Guarneri pattern; he was the father of
LIEBICH, Ernst. 1830-84, Breslau. Italian pattern. His son,
LIEBICH, Ernst. 1862-95, Breslau. Excellent repairer; makes few, but good; best Italian patterns.
LIEBICH, Johann Gottfried, 1752-1813.
LIEDOLF, Joseph Ferdinand. Vienna, eighteenth century.
LIGNOLI, Andrea. Florence, seventeenth century.
LILLY, James. An English maker, 1821.
LINAROLO (Linerolli), Francesco Giovanni. A family, seventeenth century; on the verge of the violin period; some of their instruments have been adapted for tenors.
LIPPETA, J. G. Neukirchen, Saxony, 1771.
LIPPOLD, Johann Georg. 1780. Fair maker; brown varnish.
LOLIO, Giambattista. 18th cent.
LOLY, Jacopo. Naples, 1627. Pattern of Grancino; yellow varnish; made large–sized tenors.
LONGMAN AND BRODERIP, dealers who employed Jay or Benjamin Banks, and labelled with their own names.
LORENZINI, Gaspare. Piacenza, eighteenth century.
LOTT, George Frederick. 1775-1853.
LOTT, George Frederick. 1800-1868.
LOTT, John Frederick, son of G. F. Lott. (See p.219.)
LOTZ, Theodor. Pressburg, 1730-40. Good violins.
LOUIS. Geneva.
LOUVET, Jean, brother of Pierre Louvet. Paris, 1730-60. Made bad fiddles, but good hurdy-gurdys and harps.
LUDICI (Ludge), Geronimo Pietro. An amateur maker in Conegliano in 1709.
LUGLONI, Giuseppe. Venice in 1777.
LUPO, Pietro. Antwerp. In 1559 he is said to have sold to a musician sent by the town of Utrecht, “five violins enclosed in their case,” for the sum of £72.
LUPÔT, François, son of Laurent Lupôt.
LUPOT, Nicolas. The greatest of the family. (See p.206.)
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MACGEORGE. Edinburgh, 1800-20.
MACINTOSH. Dublin, 1830-40. Pupil of Thomas Perry.
MAFFEOTTO, Giuseppe. Rome, eighteenth century.
MAGGINI (Magino or Maglino), Gio Paolo. (See p.32.)
MAIRE, Nicolas. A violin bow-maker in Paris; 1800, in Mirecourt; 1878, Paris; apprenticed to Jacques Lafleur; he made excellent bows.
MALDONNER. Fussen, Bavaria, 1760.
MANN, Hans. Naples, 1720-50. His instruments are rare; Stradivari and Guarneri patterns.
MANTEGAZZA (or Mantegatia), Pietro and Giovanni. Two brothers working in Milan about 1750 to 1800; they made many good altos.
MANTOVANI. Parma, eighteenth century.
MARATTI, Giambattista. Verona about 1690-1700. Good tone.
MARCELLI, Giovanni. Cremona in 1696.
MARCHETTI, Enrico. Turin, nineteenth century. Good maker.
MARCHI, Giovanni Antonio. Bologna, 1740-95. Good violoncellos and violins; violins high model; beautiful maple-wood back and sides; varnish golden yellow.
MARCO, Antonio. Venice, 1700.
MARCONCINI, Giuseppe. Pupil of Storioni; Ferrara, where he died at a great age, 1841; unequal maker; very good sometimes.
MARCONCINI, Luigi. A pupil of Omobono Stradivari, 1760; Ferrara and Bologna; good workmanship; pale red varnish.
MARIANI, Antonio. Pesaro, 1640 to 1700; not of much value; reminds of Maggini, but rough; purfling double.
MARINO, Bernardino. Rome. Worked up to 1805.
MARQUIS DE LAIR. Mirecourt, 1800. Violins and violoncellos of Stradivari pattern; work poor, the wood not good; varnish ugly brown; tone bad.
MARSHALL, John. London about 1750-60. Stainer pattern; work good.
MARTIN. A family of makers in Paris, chiefly repairers.
MARTIN, Jules. Germigny, Vosges.
MARTIN. London, 1790-95, who lived at Hermitage Bridge, Wapping.
MAST, Jean Laurent. Paris, 1750. His instruments are well made; violins; blackish varnish.
MAST, Josephus Laurent, son of Jean Laurent Mast. Mirecourt; still there in 1820; better than his father, but not very noteworthy.
MAUCOTEL, Charles, brother of Charles Adolphe Maucotel. 1807-60. Mirecourt. Studied under Gand; went to London; excellent tone.
MAUCOTEL, Charles Adolphe, brother of Charles. 1820-58, Mirecourt. Apprenticed in Mirecourt; went to Paris; worked under J. B. Vuillaume; excellent copyist of Stradivari.
MAUSSIELL (or Mansiedl), Leonhardt. Nuremberg, 1720-50. Stainer pattern; very good.
MAYR (Maier), Andreas Ferdinand. Salzburg, about 1740-80. Is said to have made the small violin on which Mozart learnt to play.
MAYSON, Walter H. A maker in Manchester who began as an amateur, but soon adopted violin-making as a profession. His instruments are excellent.
MEARES, Richard. A maker of lutes. London in 1677; lute and viol-maker on verge of the violin.
MÉDARD, Antoine, b. 1621. (See p.187.)
MÉDARD, François.
MÉDARD, Henri.
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MÉDARD, Nicolas.
MÉDARD, Sébastien.
MEIBERI, Francesco. Leghorn, 1745-50.
MELLING. Paris, 1753-71.
MELLINI, Giovanni. Guastalla, Italy, 1768.
MELONI, Antonio. Milan, about 1670-95. Followed the Amati pattern; his instruments are small, but good tone.
MENNÉGAND, Charles. Nancy, 1885. Apprenticed at Mirecourt; went to Paris and Amsterdam; worked with Rambaux; returned to Turin; consummate repairer.
MENNESSON, Emile. 1842-98, Rheims. Has made 2380 violins; fine copyist of Stradivari's “Messiah” period; gold medalist.
MÉRIOTTE, Charles. Lyons about 1730-60. Made on the Stradivari pattern; yellow brown varnish; good workmanship.
MERLIN, Joseph. London, 1770-80. His violins and his mechanical pegs for violins and violoncellos at first the vogue, but have not maintained their place; he followed the high Stainer model; instruments were well made, but tone not good.
MESSEGUER. A Spanish maker, 1646.
METTE, François. A maker in the South of France.
MEZADRI (Mezzadie), Alessandro. Ferrara, 1690-1720. Amati school, but failed to rival their grace; inferior tone.
MEZADRI (Mezzadie), Francesco. A maker at Milan about 1700-20; his altos were of small pattern.
MIALFI, Joannes. A Spanish maker about 1769; nothing remarkable.
MICHAUD. Paris about 1788.
MICHELIS, Pelegrino (or Peregrino) di Zanetto, son of Zanetto de Michelis, b. 1520. Made lutes and other instruments in Brescia; on the verge of the violin; a fine tenor known.
MICHELOT, Jacques Pierre. Paris about 1780-95, at the sign of “A la Mélodie.” He made five-stringed viols and violins.
MIER. London, 1786.
MIGGÉ, Otto, b. June 16, 1857, Coblenz; made 80 violins and 14 violoncellos; good tone.
MILANI, Francesco. Milan about 1740- 60. School of Lorenzo Guadagnini.
MILHET. Bayonne, 1820.
MILLE. Aix-la-Chapelle. A small pocket-violin is known.
MILLER. London, 1750.
MILLER, A. St. Andrew's, Scotland.
MINOZZI, Matteo. Bologna, eighteenth century.
MIRAUCOURT, Ludovic (or Joseph). On verge of violin; still made viols in 1743.
MIREMONT, Claude Augustin, son of Sébastien Miremont. 1827, Mirecourt; d. 1887, Pontorson (Manche); in 1844 to Paris, and worked first with Lafleur, then with Bernardel until 1852, when he left France for America, and settled in New York; returned to France; made chiefly violon-cellos; excellent tone; Stradivari pattern.
MIREMONT, Sébastien. Mireeourt, 1810.
MODESSIER. Paris in 1810. His instruments a large pattern; excellent wood.
MOERS, Jean Henri. Paris, 1771.
MOHR, Philipp. Hamburg, 1650.
MOINEL, Charles, nephew of N. E. Cherpitel Paris, 1893. Continued Cherpitel's business.
MOITESSIER, Louis. Mirecourt, 1780 to 1825. He made a large number of instruments; many violins; rather common; fair tone.
MOLDONNER. Fussen, Bavaria, 1756-98.
MOLINARI, Antonio. Venice, 1672-1703.
MONGENOT. Rouen, 1763.
MONTADE (Montani or Montaldi), Gregorio. Cremona, 1690-1735. Pupil or imitator of Omobono Stradivari; fairly good.
MONTAGNANA, Domenico. A celebrated maker in Venice about 1720-50. (See p.87.)
MONTRON. Paris, 1780-90.
MORELLA, Morglato. A maker of lutes, rebecs, and viols, 1510-50; has lasted into the violin epoch on account of his viols having been cut down for violas.
MORONA, Antonio. Istria (Istrien) in 1731.
MORRISON, John. 1760-1830. Poor maker; did job work for the trade.
MOTTENHAVER, Edward. New York, U.S.A., who has taken out a great many patents for inventions.
MOUGENOT, Georges. 1843-98 Mirecourt (Vosges). Worked in Brussels for N. F. Vuillaume, and succeeded him; uses “hands,” but plans and finishes himself; gold medallist.
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NADOTTI, Giuseppe. Piacenza, 1760-70.
NAMY, Jean Théodore. Paris, 1755-1807; fine restorer; worked for Salomon's widow in Paris.
NAYLOR, Isaac. A pupil of Richard Duke; worked at Headingly, near Leeds, 1778-92.
NERMEL, J. M. Paris, 1777-89.
NEUNER, Ludwig. 1840, Mittenwald (Bavaria). Grandson of Mathias Neuner, also a clever maker of violins, who worked for some time in London; worked for J. B. Vuillaume, Paris; settled in Berlin; accomplished maker; sends out from his firm 20,000 instruments a year; very cheap and good money's worth; can do better quality when he chooses.
NEWTON, Isaac. London about 1775-1825. He made fairly good instruments, but used a dingy yellow varnish. Sometimes made violins and violoncellos for Betts, but these were always varnished by the latter.
NEZOT. Paris, 1730-60; transition maker from viols to violins; only a few violins.
NICOLAS, Didier, l'aîné (known as “deaf Nicolas”), 1757-1833, Mirecourt; clever workman and large employer; large pattern, loud tone; suitable for orchestra.
NICOLAS, François Nicolas Fourrier (was known simply as “Nicolas”), b. Oct. 5, 1758. 1816, Paris. Made all the instruments used in the private orchestra of Napoleon I.; careful choice of wood; good proportions; closely copied from beautiful specimens of Cremona; not much in fashion now, but good violins of his still about.
NICOLAS, Joseph, son of Didier Nicolas. 1796-1864. Mirecourt; eccentric maker; after his death his stamp and his father's sold off with stock, and used for violins made by neither. Pupil and successor of his father.
NICOLAS, Mathieu. Mirecourt. His instruments of ordinary workmanship, some yellow or red varnish.
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NIGGELL, Simpertus. A maker of viols and violins. Fussen, 1743-66; transition maker of viols and violins; flat pattern.
NORBORN, John. London, 1723.
NORMAN, BARAK, b. 1688; d. 1740. (See p.125.)
NORRIS, John, b. 1739, London; d. March 10, 1818; pupil of Thomas Smith; went into partnership with Robert Barnes in 1765.
NOVELLO, Pietro Valentino, brother of Marco Antonio Novello. Venice, eighteenth century.
NOVELLO, Marco Antonio, a brother of Pietro Valentino Novello; in Venice at the same time; good work.
NOVERSI, Cosimo. Florence, seventeenth century.
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OBBO, Marco. Naples, 1712; ordinary work.
OBICI (Obue), Bartolommeo. Verona in 1684.
ODANI, Giuseppe Morello. Naples, 1738.
ODOARDI, Giuseppe. Working until 1675, Ascoli, Italy; some confusion about his date, 1675-1740; died at 28; self-taught; an original genius; about two hundred violins; much valued when can be found.
OHBERG, Johann. Stockholm in 1773; fairly good; a yellow varnish.
ONEDA, Gio. Battista, b. 1529. A maker of cithers and violins (?) in Brescia about 1562.
ONGARO, Ignazio. Venice, 1783.
ORLANDELLI, Paolo. Codogno, Italy, eighteenth century.
ORTEGA. 1840; maker and repairer. Madrid.
OSTLER, Andreas. Breslau, 1730; chiefly viols.
OTTO, Carl August, fourth son of J. A. Otto; b. 1801, Jena; d. 1883, Ludwigslust; maker to the Mecklenberg-Schwerin Court.
OTTO, Carl Christian, second son of J. A. Otto, 1792; Halle; repairs old instruments.
OTTO, C. W. F. Louis, fifth son of J. A. Otto, 1805-84, Stockholm.
OTTO, Georg August Gottfried, eldest son of J. A. Otto; 1789, Weimar; 1857, Jena; good maker.
OTTO, Heinrich Wilhelm, third son of J. A. Otto; b. 1796. Amsterdam and Berlin.
OTTO, Hermann, son of Ludwig Otto, 1859-84. Cologne, St. Petersburg.
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OTTO, Jacob August; b. 1764, Gotha; d. 1830, Jena. Pupil of Franz Anton Ernst at Gotha; settled in Weimar; maker to the Court; worked also in Halle, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Berlin, and Jena; fine repairer, but made excellent violins and violoncellos. His five sons all became violin makers.
OTTO, Ludwig, son of Georg August Gottfried Otto; b. 1821, Jena; 1887, St. Petersburg, Cologne, St. Petersburg. He exhibited three violins, a viola, violoncello, and double-bass, in London, 1862. They were all well made, and were moderately priced.
OTTO, Louis, son of Carl August Otto; b. July 15, 1844, Ludwigslust. Pupil of his father in Ludwigslust, 1860-65; in Cologne, 1865-66, then went to Hanover, 1872; then still there (1898); careful in selection of wood; large Stradivari pattern; excellent work; has made 238 violins, and many tenors and 'cellos. First-prizeman, Chicago and Melbourne.
OUVRARD, Jean. 1725-46; pupil of Claude Pierray. Transition maker, but true violoncello pattern, though continued to make viols.
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