rchestras the
largest number of Violins and kindred instruments ever made by one
maker--instruments which bore the indelible stamp of genius and have
gladdened the sight and hearing of untold thousands. The famous shop,
as previously noticed, was next opened by Paolo Stradivari, who was a
cloth merchant or warehouseman. Paolo died in 1776, a year after the
date of the correspondence which passed between him and Count Cozio di
Salabue. Antonio, son of Paolo, born in 1738 and married in 1762, had
a son Giacomo, born in 1769 and married in 1797. Cesare, the son of
Giacomo, became a physician in Cremona, married in 1838, and left, as
the representative of the Cremonese branch of the family, Dr. Libero
Stradivari, a barrister-at-law and an excellent performer on the
flute.

SURSANO, Spirito, Coni, 1714-35.

TANEGIA, Carlo Antonio, Milan, early in the 18th century.

TANINGARD, Giorgio, Rome, 17--.

TECCHLER, David, Rome, 1680-1743.

David Tecchler Liutaro
fecit Romae 17--

A highly esteemed maker. He worked in Venice, Salzburg, and Rome,
chiefly in the latter city. His instruments vary in form, some having
a marked German style: they are high-modelled, and the sound-hole
partakes of the Stainer character. These were probably made in
Salzburg, to the order of his patrons. Those instruments which date
from Rome are chiefly of the Italian type, and are so much superior to
the others that it seems difficult to reconcile varieties so distinct
as the work of the same man. They are finely formed, have splendid
wood, and rich varnish of a yellow tint; the bellies are of a mottled
character, similar to those so much used by Niccolo Amati. His
Violoncellos are among the finest of his instruments. They are mostly
of a large size.

TEDESCO, Leopoldo, pupil of Niccolo Amati. He went to Rome. I have
seen a Violin of his make dated from there 1658. Workmanship a little
rough, good varnish, Amati outline.

TESTORE, Carlo Giuseppe, Milan, about 1690 to 1720. The form resembles
that of Guarneri. The wood is often plain in figure.

TESTORE, Carlo Antonio, Milan, about 1730 to 1764. Son of Giuseppe.
Copied Guarneri and Amati. These instruments are bold and well made;
their tone is excellent; wood often plain in figure.

TESTORE, Giovanni, son of Carlo Antonio.

TESTORE, Paolo Antonio, Milan, about 1740. Brother of Carlo Antonio.
Copied Guarneri. The varnish is mostly yellow; frequently unpurfled.

TIEFFENBRUCKER, Leonard