itzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 Q