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his appointment as Court Violin-maker; accused of heresy, and imprisoned; pecuniary difficulties, and sad end; his good name frequently clouded by inferior work falsely attributed to him--Stainer, Markus--Stainer, Andreas--Staugtinger, Mathias W.--Steininger, Jacob; related to Dopfer and Nicholas Diel--Steininger, Franz--Stoss--Stoss, Martin--Straube--Strauss, Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269-281
TIEFFENBRUCKER--TIELKE, JOACHIM (i.); Lute and Guitar-maker; rich and chaste ornamentation of his work; description of examples extant in England--TIELKE, JOACHIM (ii.); fine examples of a later maker of this name at South Kensington and elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . . 281-282
VOEL, E.; excellent work; Stradivari model--Vogel, Wolfgang--Vogler, Johann Georg--Voigt, Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282-283
Wagner, Joseph--Weickert--Weigert--Weiss, Jacob--Wenger, G. F.--Widhalm, Leopold; follower of Stainer; careful finish and good varnish--Wyemann, Cornelius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Zwerger, Antoni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
SECTION XI.--THE ENGLISH SCHOOL.
Non-recognition of English makers by Continental writers on the Violin--Causes of the partial decadence of the art in this country as on the Continent--Earliest English makers, and their several models--School of English copyists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284-292
SECTION XII.--ENGLISH MAKERS.
Absam, Thomas--Adams--Addison, William--Aireton, Edmund; an excellent copyist of Amati--Aldred--Askey, Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Baines--Baker--Ballantine--BANKS, BENJAMIN; the foremost English maker, and termed "The English Amati;" high character of his work and varnish--Banks, Benjamin (2)--Banks, James and Henry--Barnes, Robert--Barrett, John; follower of Stainer; good quality of work--Barton, George--Betts, John; pupil of Richard Duke--BETTS, EDWARD; pupil of Duke, and an excellent copyist; high finish; Amati model--Bolles--Booth, William--Booth--Boucher--Brown, James--Brown, James (2)--Browne, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293-299
Cahusac--Carter, John--Challoner, Thomas--Cole, Thomas--Cole, James--Collier, Samuel--Collier, Thomas--Collingwood, Joseph--Conway, William--Corsby, George--Cramond, Charles--Crask, George--Cross, Nathaniel--Crowther, John--Cuthbert; good quality of work . . 299-300
Davidson, Hay--Davis, Richard--Davis, William--Dearlove, Mark--Delany, John; his peculiar label--Dennis, Jesse--Devereux, John--Dickinson, Edward--Dickeson, John; excellent copyist of Amati--Ditton--DODD, THOMAS; not a maker, but an employer of makers of highest class, and especially famous for the high character of his varnish--Dodd, Thomas (2)--Dorant, William--DUKE, RICHARD; his name a "household word" with English Violinists; high character of his real work, but frequently and badly counterfeited; his models both Amatese and Stainer--Duke, Richard (2)--Duncan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300-305
Eglington--Evans, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
FENDT, BERNARD; a born Fiddle-maker; a fellow workman with John F. Lott; his instruments copies of Amati, bearing the labels of Thomas Dodd or John Betts, and highly valued--FENDT, BERNARD SIMON; good work, but sometimes artificially "matured;" his Violins, Tenors, Violoncellos, and Double-Basses; follower of the Guarneri and Gasparo da Salo models; his quartett of instruments in the London Exhibition of 1851--Fendt, Martin--Fendt, Jacob; his work finely finished; skilful copies of Stradivari, but artificially and cleverly "aged"--Fendt, Francis--Fendt, William--Ferguson, Donald--Firth--Forster, W.--Forster, William (i.); spinning-wheel and Violin-maker--FORSTER, WILLIAM (ii.); also a maker of spinning-wheels and Violins, and amateur Fiddler; an excellent copyist of Stainer and of the Amati models; high character of his work and varnish; his Double-Basses for the Band of George the Third; his instruments highly valued by Robert Lindley--FORSTER, WILLIAM (iii.); excellent work--Forster, William (iv.)--Forster, Simon Andrew--Frankland--Furber, John--Furber, Henry John . . . . . 305-313
Gibbs, James--GILKES, SAMUEL; a thorough artist, and pupil of William Forster--Gilkes, William--Gough, Walter . . . . . . . . . . . 313-314
Harbour--Hardie, Matthew; Scotland's best maker--Hardie, Thomas--Hare, John--Hare, Joseph--HARRIS, CHARLES; genuine character of work, of Amati and Stradivari type; exquisite finish and good varnish--Harris, Charles (2)--HART, JOHN THOMAS; pupil of Samuel Gilkes; specially known as connoisseur, collector, and dealer--Heesom, Edward--Hill, Joseph--Hill, William--Hill, Joseph--Hill, Lockey--Hill, William Ebsworth--Holloway, J.--Hume, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . 314-318
Jay, Henry; Viol-maker--Jay, Thomas--Jay, Henry; maker of Kits--Johnson, John; music-seller and dealer; referred to by Dibdin in his Autobiography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318-320
Kennedy, Alexander--Kennedy, John--Kennedy, Thomas . . . . . . . . 320
Lentz, Johann Nicolaus--Lewis, Edward--Longman and Broderip; music-sellers and publishers--LOTT, JOHN FREDERICK; a finished workman, employed by Thomas Dodd; splendid character of his work; the "King of English Double-Bass makers"--Lott, George Frederick--Lott, John Frederick; his chequered career, and Charles Reade's novel thereon . . .