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Title: The History of the Violin and Other Instruments Played on with the Bow from the Remotest Times to the Present by William Sandys and Andrew Forster
Date: 1864
Repository: archive.org
Identifier: bub_gb_iK6hI1QzA30C
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August 21, 2026 line corrected Places and dates of work
It said " Jens A (Constance) violinmk r7543 1st av NE — trade term as printed: "violinmk" (near match, edit distance 1) — surname inherited from the headword at line 84: "Gullstad Harold E r7543 1st av NE" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)
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Chicago (note)“The History of the Violin and Other Instruments Played on with the Bow from the Remotest Times to the Present by William Sandys and Andrew Forster,” Bow & Bridge, last modified 26 August 2026, https://bowandbridge.com/sources/the-history-of-the-violin-and-other-instruments-played-on-with-the-bow-from-the-remotest-times-1864-00e956/ (accessed 20 September 2026).

Chicago (bibliography)Bow & Bridge. “The History of the Violin and Other Instruments Played on with the Bow from the Remotest Times to the Present by William Sandys and Andrew Forster.” Last modified 26 August 2026. https://bowandbridge.com/sources/the-history-of-the-violin-and-other-instruments-played-on-with-the-bow-from-the-remotest-times-1864-00e956/.

MLA 9“The History of the Violin and Other Instruments Played on with the Bow from the Remotest Times to the Present by William Sandys and Andrew Forster.” Bow & Bridge, 26 Aug. 2026, bowandbridge.com/sources/the-history-of-the-violin-and-other-instruments-played-on-with-the-bow-from-the-remotest-times-1864-00e956/. Accessed 20 Sept. 2026.

APA 7Bow & Bridge. (2026, August 26). The History of the Violin and Other Instruments Played on with the Bow from the Remotest Times to the Present by William Sandys and Andrew Forster. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from https://bowandbridge.com/sources/the-history-of-the-violin-and-other-instruments-played-on-with-the-bow-from-the-remotest-times-1864-00e956/

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