Most of the instruments made by the Gagliano family possess a good
quality of tone, and Amateurs who have no necessity for that great
power which Stradiuarius and Guarnerius conferred on their best
productions, will do well to secure any genuine Gagliano which they may
meet with, rather than risk the chance of getting less merit, under a
more pretentious name.
GALERZENA, ---- Piedmont, 1790.
GAND, ---- Paris. A first-rate maker. He was son-in-law to Lupot.
GARANA, MICHAEL ANGELO, Bologna. An excellent maker, about 1700,
considered by Fetis to be a pupil of one of those celebrated makers
formed in the Cremona schools.
GATTANANI, ---- Piedmont, 1790.
GAVINIES, ---- Paris, 18th Century.
GEDLER, JOHANN ANTONY, Fissen, Bavaria, 18th Century.
GEDLER, JOHANN BENEDICT, same place and same date.
GERANS, PAUL, Cremona, about 1615.
GERLE, JEAN, Nuremberg, about 1540. Made Lutes, Viols da Gamba, &c.
GILKES, SAMUEL, London, 1787 to 1827. Pupil of the Second William
Forster. An excellent maker. His work was most highly finished and his
varnish of a rich quality.
GILKES, WILLIAM, born 1811. Not equal as a maker to Samuel.
GIORDANE, ALBERTO, Cremona, 1735.
GOBETTI, FRANCISCO, Venezia, about 1700. A pupil of Stradiuarius, and
an excellent artiste.
GOFILLER, MATTEO, Venezia, about 1725. A good maker after Cremona
patterns.
GOFILLER, FRANCISCO, Venezia. Brother to Matteo, similar, same date.
GRAGNARIUS, ANTONIO, early part of 18th Century.
GRANCINO, GIOVANNI, Milan, middle of 17th Century.
GRANCINO, PAOLO, do. do.
GRANCINO, GIOVANNI BAPTISTA, Milan, son of first named.
GRANCINO, GIOVANNI BAPTISTA, Milan, early in 18th Century.
GRANCINO, FRANCISCO, son of Giovanni Baptista. This artiste made to
about 1760, or rather later.