retainers

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I have lately had a sort of Fiddle mania upon me, brought on by trying and comparing different Stainers and Cremonas, &c.

From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by Hart, George

Who but an artist acquainted with the best work of Italy in Violin-making could have made those exquisite Violins known as "Elector Stainers"?

From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by Hart, George

Nay, for he hath a singular great beard," he said, "and when he sits in Council amidst his Company of the Painter Stainers there is none appeareth more lofty and worshipful than he.

From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Wallis, Arthur F.

He, however, whilst fully alive to their sterling merits, played, in all probability, upon his Stainers, which he named "St. Peter" and "St. Paul," with more pleasure, from their being thoroughly matured.

From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by Hart, George

Instruments without any resemblance whatever to those of Stainer are accepted by the multitude as original Jacob Stainers.

From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by Hart, George