Howe (ed.) & Mathews, A Hundred Years of Music in America (1889), pp. 347–51 — the Gemunder and Hendershot sketches and portraits

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1. George Gemunder pp. 347–48; portrait, p. 349 mention only — no record here yet

   Under the section heading “Violin Making”: “First upon the list should come the name of GEORGE GEMUNDER. This eminent maker of violins was born at Ingelfingen in Wurtemburg on the 13th of April, 1816. His father was a maker of bow instruments … He at length obtained an engagement with Vuillaume, and went to Paris … In 1847 he received an invitation from his two brothers residing in America to visit this country … borrowing twenty-five dollars as capital to invest in business, he went to Boston to engage in violin making. Here he sent a quartette of bow instruments in imitation of Stradivarious, also several other violins, to the London exposition in 1851 … he moved to New York, where shortly after his arrival he was surprised to learn that his exhibit in London had been awarded the first prizes … He has been awarded many medals for his excellent work as a violin maker, and he is one of the very few in this line at the present day who have mastered the art.” The full-page portrait leaf at p. 349 is captioned “GEO. GEMUNDER.”

2. J. C. Hendershot pp. 348, 350 draft record
3. Hannum, Lewis p. 707 draft record
4. Mathias, Louis p. 711 draft record
5. P. J. Healy ch. XV, “Musical Instruments and the Music Trade” (pp. 325–58) — printed folio not established from the OCR; OCR line 11748 draft record
6. George, This line 7 of what the software read from the scan mention only — no record here yet

   This eminent maker of violins was born at Ingelfingen in Wurtemburg on the 13th of April, 1816. His father was a maker of bow instruments, and in his earliest youth the subject of this sketch became familiar with the principles of the art of violin making. Nevertheless, it was decided to make a schoolmaster of the lad, and he was educated accordingly. The plan was not in accordance with his tastes, however, and he preferred to devote himself to scientific and mechanical pursuits. His father died when young George was in his nineteenth year, and the young man then went to other German cities, Pesth, Presburg, Vienna and Munich. He cherished the ambition of going to Paris and making the acquaintance of the celebrated violin maker, Vuillaume. At the suggestion of a friend he went to Strasburg with a letter of introduction to an instrument maker there. On arriving, however, he was astonished to find that the party was a manufacturer of brass instruments. He at length obtained an engagement with Vuillaume, and went to Paris, where he found to his perturbation that Vuillaume spoke no German, while he, (Gemunder) wa ignorant of French. In this dilemma Vuillaume offered — trade term as printed: "violin maker" — surname inherited from the headword at line 5: "GEORGE GEMUNDER." — from OCR (read_as: ocr)