Violins and Violin Makers / Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin.

by Joseph Pearce

POWELL, ROYAL and THOMAS, London, 1785.

PRESTON, JOHN, York, 1789.

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RACCERIS, —— Mantua, 1670, believed to have been a partner with one of the Gaglianos, and made similar instruments.

RAF, —— Bavaria.

RAMBEAUX, —— Paris, a pupil of Gand, and an excellent workman.

RAPHAEL, NELLA, Brescia, 18th Century. This artiste was of the school of Maggini, and his instruments are said to have the scrolls sculptured, and to have inscriptions on the sides.

RAUCH, JAQUES, Mannheim, 1730 to 1740. Considered to be a very good maker.

RAUCH, SEBASTIAN, 1742 to 1763.

RAUCH, —— Breslau.