Schweitzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Scott, Sir Walter, on Music and Fiddles . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Scroll, A Wandering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Sellas, Matteo, Lute-maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Serafino, Santo (Sanctus Seraphin), famed for exquisite finish; German and Italian models; excellent varnish and handsome wood, but style inferior, and lacking originality . . . . . . 172 Shaw, Dr., his "Travels in the East" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Silvestre, Hippolyte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Silvestre, Hippolyte Chretien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Silvestre, Pierre, copyist of Stradivari, of high order and exquisite finish; fellow worker with Lupot and Gand . . . . . 253 Simon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Simonin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Simpson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Simpson, Dr. Christopher, Anecdote of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Sivori, Camillo, his high artistic career . . . . . . . . . . . 392 "Skit," A musical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425 "Slab-back" and "Whole-back," The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Smith, Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Smith, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Smith, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Sneider, Josefo; many of Girolamo Amati's instruments attributed to this maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Socchi, Vincenzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Socquet, Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 "Sonata del Diavolo," Tartini's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 Sonatas, Earliest appearance of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Sorsana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Sound-bar, oblique position of, 35; its purpose and character . 36 Sound-holes, crescent-shaped, 22; of Gasparo and Amati, 80; shape and importance of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Sound-post, its purpose and service, 36; its position, 37; methods of fixing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Spohr, Louis, Violinist and composer; his Quartettes and Duets . 408 Spohr and his Guarneri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478 Spohr and the Collector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480 "Sports and Pastimes," Strutt's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Stadelmann, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Stadelmann, Johann Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Stainer, Andreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280