SANTI, GIOVANNI, Naples, 1730.
SANCTUS SERAPHINO, Venezia, about 1730. An excellent workman, whose instruments possess almost the beautiful finish of Stradiuarius. He used handsome wood of small figure, and his varnish is often beautiful in the extreme. The model however approaches that of the Steiner school, and the tone is therefore generally wanting in fullness and roundness. He made also a few violoncellos with similar characteristics.
SAPINO, —— Cremona. Pupil of Guiseppe Cappa, made instruments after the style of the Amati.
SANZO SANTINO, —— Milan.
SAUNIER, —— born in Lorraine 1740. An excellent artiste whose instruments are reckoned among the best of the French school.
SCHEINLEIN, MATTHIAS FREDERICK, Langenfeld, born 1710, died 1771.
SCHEINLEIN, JEAN MICHAEL, Langenfeld, born 1751. Made instruments which are said to be good but not strongly built.
SCHMIDT, —— Cassel, mentioned by Otto as living in 1817, and praised by him as an excellent maker. His instruments are of the flat model of Stradiuarius but have the edges larger and the purfling further from the sides.
SCHONGER, FRANCIS, Erfurth, made high modelled instruments, but of poor tone.
SCHONGER, GEORGE, Erfurth, son of the above, modelled his instruments in the Italian style and produced some very superior examples.