. . . . . . . . . . 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

Evans, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Evelyn, John, on celebrity of old Lutinists . . . . . . . . . . 263

Experiments as to tension of Violin strings . . . . . . . . . . 54

F

Falaise, copied Amati and Stradivari; good work .