Handbook of violin playing

by Carl Schroeder

Prominent makers of the present day.

Good violins are made in the present day by Hammig in Leipsic; Reichers, Berlin; Schunemann, Schwerin; Pfab, Hamburg; Lenk, Frankfort; Reuner, Berlin; Roth, Markneukirchen, etc.

[In England excellent instruments have been and are being made by Hill, Hart, Chanot, E. Withers, and Boullangier, London; W. H. Mayson, Manchester; F. Devoney, Blackpool; J. Monk, Merton, Surrey; and others. In France, by Miquel, Foucher, Lotte; and in America, Gemunder. These have all produced serviceable instruments. Ability to judge properly the merits of a violin,—whether new or old,—comes only with experience; beginners should therefore before purchasing consult a player or teacher possessing the necessary knowledge. Violins by the same maker, to all appearance exactly alike, yet frequently differ greatly in tone quality, and an instrument of bad tone is a stumbling block in the path of progress, disheartening the learner. Tr.]