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Niccolo Amati; a true artist; classed with Stradivari,
Bergonzi, Amati, and Guarneri; his Violas and Violoncellos--Grancino,
Giovanni--Grancino, Giovanni Battista--Grancino, Francesco--Grulli,
Pietro--GUADAGNINI, LORENZO, and Giovanni Battista; high
character of their work--Guadagnini, Gaetano--Guadagnini,
Giuseppe--Guadagnini, Carlo--Guadagnini, Antonio--GUARNERI,
ANDREA; the pioneer of his family; worked with Stradivari and
Niccolo Amati--GUARNERI, GIUSEPPE, son of Andrea; his Violins,
Violas, and Violoncellos--GUARNERI, PIETRO, brother of
Andrea--GUARNERI, PIETRO, grandson of Andrea--GUARNERI,
GIUSEPPE (del Gesu); his monogram and cypher; evidence of his birth;

sketch of his life, and characteristics of his work; comparison with
Stradivari and Gasparo da Salo; his "three epochs;" lustrous quality of
his varnish; different characters of his wood; the tradition of his "Prison
Fiddles"; a "Prison Joseph"--Guidanti, Giovanni--Guillami . . 113-147
Harton, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Kerlino, Joan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Lagetto, Luigi--Landolfi, Carlo Ferdinando; original and generally
good quality of his work--Lanza, Antonio Maria--Lavazza,
Santino--Lavazza, Antonio--Linarolli, Venturo--Loly, Jacopo . 147-148
MAGGINI, GIOVANNI PAOLO; pupil and follower of Gasparo da
Salo; other makers' productions frequently attributed to him;
comparison of his work with that of Da Salo--MALER (Lutinist);
termed the "Stradivari of Lutes;" Thomas Mace on the art of judging
Lutes and Viols--MANTEGAZZA, PIETRO GIOVANNI; eminent as a
restorer--Maratti--Mariani, Antonio--Meiberi, Francesco--Mezadri,
Alessandro--Mezadri, Francesco--MONTAGNANA, DOMENICO;
pupil of Antonio Stradivari; splendid specimens of his art still extant;
his cognomen, "The Mighty Venetian;" rising value of his instruments;
comparison with Stradivari and Bergonzi; superior character of his
varnish--Montaldi, Gregorio--Morella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
149-158
Nadotti, Giuseppe--Nella, Raffaele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Ortega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Pandolfi, Antonio--PANORMO, VINCENZO; follower of Antonio
Stradivari; residence in London and in Ireland; his struggles with
adversity; light and graceful character of his work--Pansani,
Antonio--Pasta, Antonio--Pasta, Domenico--Picino--Platner,
Michel--Pollusca, Antonio--PRESSENDA, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO;
superior work and varnish studied in Cremona; contrast with
contemporary workers; humble origin; his connection with Storioni,
and with Polledro, the Violinist; his models, Stradivari and

Amati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158-163
Racceris--Rinaldi, Gioffredo--Rocca, J. A.--Rodiani--Rota,
Giovanni--Rovetta--ROGERI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA
("Bononiensis," from or settled in Bologna); his instruments of large
Amati pattern--ROGERI, PIETRO GIACOMO--RUGGERI,
FRANCESCO ("Il Per"); early artistic genius; foremost position of his
family in Cremona; pupil of Niccolo Amati and worthy of him;
brilliancy of his varnish--RUGGERI, GIACINTO--RUGGERI,
VINCENZO--RUGGERI, GIAMBATTISTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
163-167
SACCHINI--SALO GASPARO DA ("The Great Brescian,"); his real
name Bertolotti; essentially a maker of Viols; primitive character of his
instruments; evidence as to date of his work; Ganassi's work on the Art
of Playing the Viol; six-stringed and four-stringed Viols; Martin
Agricola and his "Musica Instrumentalis;" Quatuor of instruments,
Decantus, Altus, Tenor, and Bassus; foundation by Da Salo of Italian
Violin-making; gradual and tentative development of his system; high
value of his labours as a pioneer; chief characteristics of his work; his
nice discrimination in choice of material; Signor Dragonetti's four
Double-Basses of this maker, and his presentation of one of them to the
Monastery St. Mark's, Venice--Sanoni, Giovanni Battista--Santo,
Giovanni--Sanzo--Sardi--Sellas, Matteo--SERAFINO, SANTO;
exquisite finish of his work; variation of model; high character of
varnish and work; his method of cutting; copied Amati and
Stainer--Sneider, Josefo--Socchi, Vincenzo--Sorsana--Stregner,
Magno--Storioni; follower of Guarneri del Gesu; his freak as to placing
the sound-holes; creditable character of his work in several
respects--STRADIVARI, ANTONIO; his renown beyond that of all
others; researches as to records of his life; evidence as to date of birth,
marriage, and death; Genealogical Table of his family; the inventory of
his work remaining at his death; similarity of his early work to that of
his master, Niccolo Amati; evidences as to later changes of style; his
inheritance of his aged master's tools and models; his purchase of his
house in Cremona; contemporary appreciation of his merits; his set of
Violins, Altos, and Violoncellos for King James of England; valuable

evidence of Desiderio Arisi, and of Vincenzo Lancetti; Count Cozio's
purchase of Stradivari's models, tools, and drawings, and their present
possession by the Marquis Dalla Valle; instruments made for the Duke
of Natalona, the Duke of Savoy, and the Duke of Modena; the "Long
Strad"; instruments for the Spanish Court; letter from the Marquis
Ariberti; a "Chest of Viols;" a