The new international encyclopaedia . e art of violin-making was at its height inItaly during the eighteenth century. For thesake of convenient arrangem(;nt, the principalmakers—for such only it is possible to consider—will be grouped into schools. (1) The Schoot, of Brescia. The founder ofthis school is Oasparo di Bertolotti (lr))2-inn9),commonly known as Gasparo da Salo. lie madechiefly viols and violas and very few violins. Thelatter are of a large pattern with very largesounding holes. The workmanship is clumsy andcrude, but the wood and varnish are of excellentquality. His pupil, Giovanni
The new international encyclopaedia . e art of violin-making was at its height inItaly during the eighteenth century. For thesake of convenient arrangem(;nt, the principalmakers—for such only it is possible to consider—will be grouped into schools. (1) The Schoot, of Brescia. The founder ofthis school is Oasparo di Bertolotti (lr))2-inn9),commonly known as Gasparo da Salo. lie madechiefly viols and violas and very few violins. Thelatter are of a large pattern with very largesounding holes. The workmanship is clumsy andcrude, but the wood and varnish are of excellentquality. His pupil, Giovanni jVIaggini (1,581-1G31), greatly improved Da Salos inixlel. andwas among the first, if not the first, to introducethe of corner blocks. With the rise of theopera, especially after Montcverdes reforms ofthe orchestra (), violins came into greatdemand. ?\Iagginis instruments show a steadyadvance. In liis later years he was evidentlyinfluenced by the beautiful models of Ruggeri () was a pupil of. COz_lo> .!.•].
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