ere regard; and believe me to be with great affection,

"'Your obedient and most humble servant,

"'GIUSEPPE TARTINI.'"

INDEX

A PAGE

Absam, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Acevo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Adam, as a Violist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Addison, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Aireton, Edmund, good work, Amatese model . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Alard, M., composer and Professor at the Conservatoire . . . . . 395

Albanesi, Sebastiano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Albani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Albani, Mathias (2); Italian style, good model and workmanship . 259

Albani, Paolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Albani, Mathias, Stainer form, good varnish . . . . . . . . . . 259

Aldred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Aldric, copier of Stradivari; dealings with Luigi Tarisio . . . 231

Aletzie, Paolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Allar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Alvani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Amati, Andrea, his Violins mostly "Three-quarter"; founder of
the School of Cremona; character of his Varnish; his method of
cutting; his "Charles IX. Set," in the Chapel Royal,
Versailles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78-81

Amati, the Brothers Antonio and Girolamo, character of their
work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Amati, Girolamo, son of Niccolo, his instruments described;
character of his varnish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Amati, Niccolo, the greatest of his family; special
characteristics of his work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-92

Amelot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Anecdotes and Miscellanea connected with the Violin . . . . . . 410

Apollo and Orpheus, in Fiddle History . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Appleby, Mr. Samuel, letter from, on the Gasparo da Salo
Double-Bass of Signor Dragonetti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Arabian Origin of the Ribeca, alleged . . . . . . . . . . . . .