nded, and so
many of their instruments being anonymous, and withal so weak in
character that it is hard to discern them. Every care, however, has
been taken to render the following list as complete as possible.

SECTION X
German Makers

ALBANI, Mathias, Botzen. M. Fetis, quoting the Biographical Dictionary
of Moritz Berman, with regard to Albani, states that he was born in
1621, and died in 1673. The form is somewhat like Stainer's, but
higher and heavier in construction. The varnish is very rich. Wood of
good quality.

ALBANI, Mathias, Botzen, about 1650-1712.

Mathias Albani Fecit
Bulsani Tyrol 1651.

Matthias Albanus Fecit
Bulsani in Tyroli 1680.

Son of the above. This maker should, perhaps, have been classed with
those of Italy, his style being Italian; but as he was the son of the
well-known German maker, it was thought best that his name should
follow that of his father under the head of German makers. The son has
shown but faint marks of having been tutored by his parent in the art
of Violin-making. He is said to have visited Cremona, in order to
receive instruction there under Amati, and this circumstance may have
given to his work that Italian air which is so pleasing to the
connoisseur.[1] This maker is often credited with the work of the
elder Albani, it having been supposed that there was but one of that
name. The model is good, and the workmanship throughout demands high
praise. Gerber states that the famous Violinist, Tomaso Albinoni,
possessed two Violins of this maker, dated 1702 and 1709.

[Footnote 1: He appears to have worked for a time in Rome, from which
city some instruments are dated.]

ALBANI, Paolo, Palermo, about 1633. Probably related to the Albanis of
Botzen. _See_ Italian makers.

ALETZIE, Paolo, Munich. _See_ Italian makers.

Paulus Aletzee hof
Lauten und Geigenmacher
in Munchen 1710.

ARTMANN, ----, Weimar, near Gotha, 18th century. Was originally a
joiner. Copied Amati very cleverly. The varnish is frequently of amber
colour.

BACHMANN, Carl Ludwig, born at Berlin, 1716. Court musician and
Violin-maker. The work is clean, and not without style. Bachmann was a
performer on the Viol. In 1765 he was appointed instrument maker to
the court of Frederick the Great. Bachmann, in conjunction with Ernest
Benda, founded in 1770 the concerts for amateurs at Berlin. He died in
1800.

BACHMANN, O., Halberstadt, Violin-maker, and author of a ha