Dopfer, Nicolaus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Dorant, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Double-Basses and Violas the stepping-stones to Violin-making . 25 Dragonetti, his heavy strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Dragonetti's Gasparo da Salo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Droulot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Ducheron, Mathurin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Duiffoprugcar, Gaspar, comparison of his claims with those of Gaspar da Salo; description of his work . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Duke, Richard, one of the most distinguished of English makers, but often counterfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Duke, Richard (_fils_) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Du Mesnil, Jacques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Duncan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Durfel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 E Earliest representation of stringed instruments . . . . . . . . 6 Early history of Violin involved in obscurity . . . . . . . . . 1 Early makers, their great care in selection of wood for the Violins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Eastern origin of the Bow, alleged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Eberle, J. Ulric, good copyist of Italian masters . . . . . . . 262 Eccles, John Henry, musician to Louis XIV.; his solos for the Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Eccles, Thomas, an itinerant Violinist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Edlinger, Joseph Joachim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Edlinger, T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Eesbroeck, Jean Van . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Eglington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Egyptian Obelisk, stringed instruments on . . . . . . . . . . . 6 "Elector Stainers," The Twelve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Elliston and George III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 Elsler, Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Engel's "Researches into Early History of the Violin" . . . . . 4 English Makers, List of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 English makers, no mention of by continental writers on the Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 English School, The, 284; causes of its decadence . . . . . . . 285 Ernst, Franz Anton; an eminent Violinist and pupil of Lolli; also a maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Ernst, Herr, his exquisite style as a Violinist . . . . . . . . 409 Ettrick Shepherd, The, and the Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 Eugene, Prince, and Stradivari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 European origin of the Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11