Antonio Stradivari, his life and work (1644-1737) . UMENTS .FACSIMILE OF STRADIVARlS WRITINGDESIGN FOR THE PLACING OF SOUND-HOLESA SIMILAR DESIGN .....TEMPLATES FOR THE OPENING OF / HOLES, AND SKJ:TCH OF COMPLETED / HOLE ..... DESIGN FOR A PEG .... AN ORIGINAL PEG, AS USED BY THE MASTERDESIGN FOR A TAIL-PIECEDESIGNS FOR THE BRIDGES DESIGNS FOR CASE-IIINGE OR LOCK-PLATEBOW ORIGINALLY WITH THE STRADIVARI VIOLINS BELONGING TO KING CHARLES IV. OF SPAIN. THE ROYAL ARMS INLAID ON THE NUT BOW PURCHASED BY US AT CREMONA IN 1884 .... CARVED TAIL-PIECE OF EARLY ITALIAN WORK .... THE SOUND-HOLE, DELICATE
Antonio Stradivari, his life and work (1644-1737) . UMENTS .FACSIMILE OF STRADIVARlS WRITINGDESIGN FOR THE PLACING OF SOUND-HOLESA SIMILAR DESIGN .....TEMPLATES FOR THE OPENING OF / HOLES, AND SKJ:TCH OF COMPLETED / HOLE ..... DESIGN FOR A PEG .... AN ORIGINAL PEG, AS USED BY THE MASTERDESIGN FOR A TAIL-PIECEDESIGNS FOR THE BRIDGES DESIGNS FOR CASE-IIINGE OR LOCK-PLATEBOW ORIGINALLY WITH THE STRADIVARI VIOLINS BELONGING TO KING CHARLES IV. OF SPAIN. THE ROYAL ARMS INLAID ON THE NUT BOW PURCHASED BY US AT CREMONA IN 1884 .... CARVED TAIL-PIECE OF EARLY ITALIAN WORK .... THE SOUND-HOLE, DELICATELY CUT OUT IN WOOD, OF A GUITAR BY STRADIVARI ...... THE HEAD OF A GUITAR MADE BY STRADIVARI DESIGNS FOR THE ARMS OF STRADIVARlS VARIOUS PATRONS, INTENDED MOST PROBABLY FOR INLAYING ON FINGER-BOARD OR TAIL-PIECEAN ORIGINAL STRADIVARI CASE, MADE TO CONTAIN A VIOLINA BANK-NOTE ISSUED BY A CREMONESE BANK .... MONTEVERDI ........... 104106 168169169191 200 202205205206 207 213214215216 217217231 239244 260262 295299 INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO FIRST HE life of Gio. Paolo Maggini, published in1892, though complete in itself, was but oneof a projected series of lives of great violinmakers. To make this series complete, manylives, those of the Amati especially, must be written ; thehistory and work of many schools must be examined. But, in considering the subject, certain men stand outso strongly as marking periods, that it seemed it would beuseful to begin with works setting forth, broadly speaking: (i) The beginning of violins ; (2) The early development of violins ; (3) The perfecting of violins ;— a kind of trilogy, in fact, in which the leading parts areplayed by Gasparo da Salo, Gio. Paolo Maggini, andAntonio Stradivari. For various reasons the Life of Maggini was firstcompleted ; but the Life of Gasparo will be published,we hope, shortly. It has been judged wise to make thescope of this work wider than that of either of the otherlives, and the necessary research and readin
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