John Dilworth
SOLIANI, Angelo Born 1752, d.c.1810 Modena Italy. Style recalling Guadagnini with low arch. Some high-arched instruments on a narrower pattern. Fine materials and golden-orange varnish. Small pretty scroll and delicate purfling. Branded internally with a ‘shining sun’ motif. Angelus Soliani fecit / in Mutinae, 1789
Cecie Stainer
A maker in Modena, 1752 1810.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff
Zuerst soll er in Mantua ansässig gewesen sein. Seine Arbeit ist gut und erinnert manchmal an Guadagnini; er hat ein flaches Modell, einen bernsteingelben oder orangerothen Lack. Seine Geigen sind gute, hellklingende Orchesterinstrumente. Ausser seinem Zettel verwendet er auch eine Brandmarke.
Henri Poidras
Good make, rather flat model. Fine and effective yellow or orange varnish. Powerful and clear tone qualities causing them to be greatly appreciated by artists. Branded as well as labelled.
Karel Jalovec
Modena. 1752 — 1810. Came to Modena from Mantua. Worked in a beautiful manner and with much care on the pattern of J. B. Guadagnini II of Turin. His instruments which are rare and valuable, have a flat arching, there are, however, works with a higher arching as well. Fine wood, sound-holes tastefully cut in the fashion of Guadagnini, scroll with projecting inner windings, wonderful varnish of a yellow, light brown or orange-red hue. In the centre of the back (inside) he used to brand a mark showing the sun emitting beams of light. Price 80.000 Kc.