No trace of Violin manufacture in Germany previous to the middle of the seventeenth century--Pervading influence of Jacob Stainer in the constitution of the German School--Popularity of his model--Mediocre character of the school, with some notable exceptions 256-258
SECTION X.--GERMAN MAKERS.
Albani, Mathias (pere)--ALBANI, MATHIAS (fils); his style Italian, and workmanship excellent--Albani--Alletzie,
Paolo--Artmann 259-260
Bachmann, Carl Ludwig; maker to the Court of Frederick the Great; founder of Concerts for Amateurs at Berlin--Bachmann, O.--Bausch, Ludwig C. A.--Bausch, Ludwig B.--Bausch, Otto B.--Beckmann--Bedler--Bindernagel; made in both Ger-man and Italian styles--Buchstadter 260-261
Christa, Joseph Paul 261
Diel (or Diehl), Martin--Diel, Nicolaus--Diel, Johann--Diel, Jacob--Diehl, Nicolaus Louis--Diehl, Friedrich--Diehl, Johann--Diehl, Heinrich--Dopfer, Nicolaus--Durfel 261-262
Eberle, J. Ulric; good copyist; form Italian; made also Viols d'Amour--Edlinger, T.--Edlinger, Joseph Joachim--Elsler, Joseph; made Viols da Gamba--Ernst, Franz Anton; pupil of Antonio Lolli; Court Musician at Gotha 262-263
Felden, M.--Fichtold, Hans--Fichtl, Martin--Ficker, Johann Christian--Ficker, Johann Gotlieb--Fischer, Zacharie-- Frey, Hans; maker of Lutes; related to Albert Durer--Fritzche 263-264
Gedler, Johann A.--Gedler, Johann B.--Geissenhof, Franz; Stradivari model--Gerle, Johann, Lute-maker--Griesser, Matthias--Grimm, Carl--Grobitz, A.--Gugemmos 264
Haensel, Johann A.; his "Ueber den Bau der Violin"--Hamberger, Joseph--Hamm--Hammig, Johann Gottfried-- Hassert--Hassert--Helmer, Carl--Hildebrandt--Hiltz, Paul--Hoffmann, Martin--Hoffmann, Johann Christian--Hornstainer, Joseph--Hornstainer, Matthias--Horil, Jacob--Huller, August--Humel, Christian--Hunger, Christoph Friedrich 264-265
Jais, Johann--Jauch, Johann 265
Karb--Kambl, Johann A.--Kembter--Kiaposse, Sawes--Kirchschlag--Kloz, Matthias; pupil of Stainer--KLOZ, SE-BASTIAN; superior model, form flat--Kloz, George--Kloz, Egidius--Kloz, Joseph--Kloz, J. Karl--Knittle, Joseph--Knitting-- Kohl, Johann--Kolditz, J.--Kolditz, Mathias Johann--Kramer, H.--Kriner, Joseph 265-267
Laska, Joseph--Lembock 267
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Mann, Hans--MAUSSIELL, LEONARD; Stainer model; excellent workmanship; style of Tecchler--Maher (Maier)-- Meusidler--Mohr, Philip--Moldonner 267
Niggel, Simpertus; good workmanship 267
Ohberg, Johann--Ott, Johann--Otto, Jacob August; maker to the Court of Weimar; author of "Ueber den Bau und die Ehrhaltung der Geige und aller Bogeninstrumente"--Otto, Georg August--Otto, Christian--Otto, Heinrich--Otto, Carl--Otto, C. U. F.--Otto, Ludwig--Otto, Louis--Otto, Hermann 267-268
Parth, Andreas Nicholas--Pfretzschner, Gottlob--Pfretzschner, Carl Friedrich--Plack, F.--Possen, L. 268-269
Rauch--Rauch, Jacob; Court Violin-maker--Rauch, Sebastian--Rauch--Reichel, Johann Gottfried--Reichel, Johann
Conrad--Reichers, August--Riess--Roth, Christian--Ruppert 269
Sainprae, Jacques; Baryton Viol-maker--Sawicki--Scheinlein, Mathias--Scheinlein, Johann Michael--Schell, Sebastian-- Schlick--Schmidt--Schonfelder, Johann A.--Schonger, Franz--Schonger, Georg--Schorn, Johann; excellent work; high model-- Schorn, Johann Paul; Court instrument-maker--Schott, Martin--Schweitzer--Stadelmann, Daniel; good work; Stainer model-- Stadelmann, Johann Joseph--STAINER, JACOB; the greatest of German makers, and a thorough artist; his model original; sketch of his history and work; great popularity of his style; his "Elector Stainers;" Herr S. Ruf 's personal history of Stainer's life, and the romance founded thereon; Counsellor Von Sardagna's contributions to his history; Rabenalt's drama, "Jacob Stainer," and other poems thereon: "Der Geigenmacher Jacob Stainer von Absam;" said to have been a pupil of Niccolo Amati; his marriage; 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 fin-ish 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--
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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)--Duncan300-305
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
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Gibbs, James--GILKES, SAMUEL; a thorough artist, and pupil of William Forster--Gilkes, William--Gough, Walter
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,