EBERLE, JEAN ULRIC, Prague, 1749. Otto says this is one of the most
celebrated German Makers and his instruments have been frequently taken
by experienced connoisseurs for Italian; the difference being that they
"have a sharper or rather not so round and full a tone." Connoisseurs
could not be very experienced at that time, if they could mistake for
Cremonese, instruments possessing this characteristic, which is exactly
what distinguishes the inferior instruments from the genuine.
EBERTI, TOMMASO, about 1730.
EDLINGER, THOMAS, Prague 1715.
EDLINGER, JOSEPH JOACHIM, Prague, son of Thomas. Visited Italy, and
afterwards built some excellent instruments; died in 1748.
ERNST, FRANCOIS ANTOINE, born in Bohemia in 1745. This artiste made
some excellent instruments which are said almost to reach the Cremonas
in tone. He was also the Author of a Treatise on Instruments. The
celebrated Violinist Spohr, author of "the Violin School," is said to
have at one time used one of this maker's instruments.
EVANS, RICHARD London, 1742.