ute kind) of this make. The body is
ornamented with tortoiseshell, with mythological figures in ivory and
precious stones. It is signed, and dated 1539. In the possession of
Mr. George Donaldson is a Guitar of this maker, signed, and dated
1592, which is considered to be the most artistic and highly
ornamented work known by Joachim Tielke. It is wonderfully preserved,
and admirably shows the style and character of the art-work of the
period.

[Footnote 4: Engel's "Descriptive Catalogue of the Musical Instruments
in Kensington Museum," 1874.]

TIELKE, Joachim, Hamburg, about 1660-86. Viol and Violin maker. The
dates met with on the instruments signed "Tielke" cover a period of
upwards of a century and a half, and thus evidence the existence of
the house, in connection with the manufacture of musical instruments,
through two or more generations. There is, of this maker, a Viola di
Bordone in the collection at Kensington, dated 1686. Mention is made
by Fetis of a Violin dated 1670, which was in the possession of Andre
of Offenbach; and a Chiterna dated 1676, similar to that in the
Kensington collection, is owned by Mr. George Donaldson. M. Chouquet,
in his catalogue of the collection of instruments at the
Conservatoire, Paris, refers to a Lute (No. 136) by Tielke.

VOEL, E., Mayence, about 1840. Excellent workmanship, scroll well cut.
Stradivari model. The character of work is not unlike that of Bernard
Fendt.

VOGEL, Wolfgang, Nuremberg, 1650.

[Illustration: _Plate XVI_. ANTONIO STRADIVARI. Date 1708. (HECTOR
HAVEMEYER, ESQ.) ANTONIO STRADIVARI. Date 1736. GIUSEPPE GUARNERI DEL
GESU. Date 1735. (G. HART.)]

VOGLER, Johann Georg, Wurzburg, about 1750.

Johann Georg Vogler, Lauten
und Geigenmacher in Wurzburg. 17--

VOIGT, Martin, Hamburg, about 1726.[5]

[Footnote 5: About thirty makers named Voigt or Voight hail from
Germany, some contemporary and others dating from the 18th and 19th
centuries. Their work is not of sufficient importance to require
special notice.--EDITORS.]

WAGNER, Joseph, 1730, Constance.

WEICKERT, Halle, 1800.

WEIGERT, ----, Lintz, about 1721. Maker of Viols.

WEISS, Jacob, Salzburg, 18th century.

Jacob Weiss, Lauten und
Geigenmacher in Salzburg.

WENGER, G. F., Salzburg, 18th century.

WIDHALM, Leopold, Nuremburg, 18th century.

Leopold Widhalm Lauten und
Geigenmacher, Nurnberg Fecit, A.

One of the best imitators of Stainer. The wood is frequentl