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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Arabians, Inventors of the Monochord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ariberti, Bartolommeo, Marquis, his letter to Stradivari . . . . 193 Arisi, Desiderio on Stradivari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Artmann, copier of Amati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Asiatic Origin of the Violin, alleged . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Askey, Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Aubry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Augiere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Augustus, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, his patronage of Stradivari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 B Bachelier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Bach, John Sebastian; influence of his great compositions on the development of Violin-playing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 Bachmann, Carl Ludwig, Court Musician to Frederick the Great; founder of concerts for amateurs at Berlin . . . . . . . . . . 260 Bachmann, O., author of a book on Bow Instruments . . . . . . . 260 Bagatella, Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Bagatella, Pietro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Baillot, Pierre, Violinist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Baines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293