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  2. Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers - Wikipedia

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    Having played violins from many manufacturers, Henley sought to compile a comprehensive list evaluating violin and bow makers. After Henley's death in 1957, dealer Cyril Woodcock (1897–1980) [ 1 ] completed and published the work based on Henley's unfinished notes.

  3. Category:Violin makers - Wikipedia

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  4. History of the violin - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the violin family is obscure. [1] [2] Some say that the bow was introduced to Europe from the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic world, [3] [4] [5] while others say the bow was not introduced from the Middle East but the other way around, and that the bow may have originated from more frequent contact between Northern and Western Europe.

  5. Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona - Wikipedia

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    Violin Museum. The ancient tradition of Cremona's violin making is protected by two supervisory bodies: the Stradivari Violin Makers Consortium and the Violin Making Italian Association, which represents more than 140 craftsmen. [3] In addition, the Cremona International Violin Making School was founded in Cremona on 12 September 1938. [4]

  6. Charles Mennégand - Wikipedia

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    In the Universal Dictionary of Violin and Bow Makers, William Henley noted "the critical and judicious labour of this eminent maker deserves universal admiration," and that Mennégand's instruments possess a "tonal quality establishing the real desideratum in bright sonority." [11] Charles Mennégand died on 9 January 1885 in Villers-Cotterets ...

  7. Klotz (violin makers) - Wikipedia

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    A violin made by Josef Klotz in Germany in 1794 Matthias Klotz memorial in Mittenwald. Klotz is a family of violin makers. Members of the Klotz (or Kloz) family have made violins in Mittenwald, Bavaria from the mid-17th century to the present. Matthias Klotz (1656–1743) founded the Mittenwald school of violin making. Mittenwald prospered and ...

  8. Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume - Wikipedia

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    Vuillaume was an innovative violin maker and restorer, and a tradesman who traveled all of Europe in search of instruments. Due to this fact, most instruments by the great Italian violin makers passed through his workshop. Vuillaume then made accurate measurements of their dimensions and made copies of them.

  9. Gagliano family - Wikipedia

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    The Gagliano dynasty – particularly Alessandro, Nicolò I and Gennaro – are considered the high point of Neapolitan violin making. There are as many as eighteen Gagliano violin makers known worldwide today. Below is a family tree of a few of its most recognizable luthiers. Main exponents of Gagliano family.

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