Hi, Michael, All,
In addition to the marvelous Jalovec volumes, I have a few other sources
for folks who may be interested.
- Millant - J.B. Viullaume (An illustrated catalog of the works of
Vuillaume, himself, as well as some of the "bench copies" made by his
advanced apprentices.)
- Jost Thoene - Italian and French Violin Makers
- Eugene Polanski - The Value of Old Violins.
-Lyon & Healy - Catalog of Old Violins, Violas, Violincellos; also
Bows of Rare Makes. (This one's a real stunner. At one time, L&H could
rightfully make the claim "everything in music.)
- M. Steinert - The M. Steinert Collection of Keyed and Stringed
Instruments. (At one point, probably the most important assemblage of
keyboard instruments in the U.S.. As the business changed, and the
Steinerts eventually sold to other parties, the collection was partly
sold, and partly donated in different directions. I think that a good
portion of it wound up in Vermillion, S.D., at the National Music
Museum...hopefully, someone knows more about this than I do.)
Over the years, I've acquired copies of all the the above. My wife,
Carol, owns and plays a J.B.Vuillaume that is listed in the Millant
book. That has been my inspiration for gathering the others.
Before everyone burns up the Internet looking for copies...which are
readily available for most of what's above...shop and price carefully.
I actively avoid anything "Print on Demand", unless it's either not
available or prohibitively expensive. Working through:
www.bookfinder.com...decent copies of the above seem to start around $100 USD, and go up
(fairly quickly) to around $400 and up USD...plus applicable taxes and
shipping. (If they're worth having, it's also worth having a decent,
legible copy which might eventually have more than residual intrinsic
value.)
Also, starting at Bookfinder allows the shopper to quickly identify the
country from which the book would be shipped...which can add
significantly to the cost. (While Amazon and ABEbooks provide the same
service, it is not all on one page, as it is with Bookfinder. One
usually has to go to the specific page for each offering to find more
specific tax, shipping, and origin information.)
For piano technicians, to bring this back "on topic" (at least a little
bit), I would urge piano technicians to pick up copies of both the
M.Steinert, and the L&H catalog. These are sufficiently later than
Dolge's volumes that the information is more current to the period
following the non-crash of 1893 - 1895 (which, of course, didn't happen,
either)...which means after the shake out of hundreds (if not thousands)
of piano makers (at least in the U.S.) during that period.
Hope that this is some value to someone...someplace.
Kind regards.
Horace
On 2/5/2017 11:01 PM, Michael Gamble via Piano Technicians Guild wrote:
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> Refer to (Karel) Jalovec. I have two of his large illustrated books: 'Italian Violin Makers' and 'German & Austrian Violin Makers'. Both include authoritative lists of up to two thousand violin and 'Cello makers in the areas covered by each tome. My un-named 'Cello has a Lions Head Scroll Michael UK
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> On Saturday I listened to From The Top on NPR. Christopher O'Riley was talking with a student who had borrowed an old violin made in Cremona, Italy. It wasn't a Strad or Guaneri, but another maker. It is valued at over $1 million. I've heard about these instruments for years, most of them belonging to famous violinists, or their benefactors. But this got me to thinking. How many of these old Cremona made late 17th early 18th century violins, violas, and cellos are out there? Is there a list somewhere?
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> So if any of you have the answer, or could ask one of the string professors at your school, I would appreciate it.
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Refer to (Karel) Jalovec. I have two of his large illustrated books: 'Italian Violin Makers' and 'German & Austrian Violin Makers'. Both include authoritative lists of up to two thousand violin and 'Cello makers in the areas covered by each tome. My un-named 'Cello has a Lions Head Scroll Michael UK