Bow & Bridge

Arnot, David

died 1897

As printed

  1. British Violin Makers (1920)

    ARNOT, DAVID. Born at Crieff, and worked in Glasgow, where he died in 1897. He made a large number of instruments on various models. He had a shop in Stockwell Street, Glasgow, where he carried on extensive repairing business. Handwritten label.

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    2. ANYON, THOMAS, Manchester. An amateur who makes very beautiful instruments, and for which he is said to obtain prices ranging from thirty to fifty guineas!
    4. ARNOT, DAVID. Born at Crieff, and worked in Glasgow, where he died in 1897. He made a large number of instruments on various models. He had a shop in Stockwell Street, Glasgow, where he carried on extensive repairing business. Handwritten label.
    6. ASKEW, JOHN, Stanhope. Born in 1834, died in 1895. A very clever maker, who, if circumstances had but allowed, would doubtless have produced a large number of instruments of exceptional merit. Mr. Towry Piper had a high opinion of his abilities. In a monograph recently published by Mr. W. Morley Egglestone, entitled: John Askew the Stanhope Violin Maker, a full description is given of all the violins by Askew which are known. I have seen only one instrument by this maker; it was the violin "christened" the Van Gelderen, fecit in 1884, and was on the Strad model, with golden amber varnish of a slightly reddish tint, very transparent and lustrous. The workmanship showed the master hand of a born fiddle maker, and the tone was full, responsive, and mellow. He was awarded a bronze medal at the Inventions Exhibition, 1885, and the first prize at the Jubilee Exhibition, Newcastle-on-Tyne, in 1887.

  2. Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart (1904)

    Arnot, David. — Glasgow. Geb. 1831 in Turred Bant Cottage, † in Glasgow 1897.

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    1. Arnoldi, Carlo. — Anagni. Rom. 1790.
    2. Ein Meister dritten Ranges, der statt seinem eigenen, häufiger fremde Zettel in seine Geigen geklebt haben soll.
    4. Arnot, David. — Glasgow. Geb. 1831 in Turred Bant Cottage, † in Glasgow 1897.
    5. Ein geschickter Geigenmacher, der ursprünglich einen andern Beruf hatte, als er 1859 nach Glasgow kam. Seine ersten Geigen waren nach Amati, die späteren nach Stradivari und Guarneri gebaut. Erst 1888 eröffnete er seine Geigenmacher-Werkstatt. Er war auch ein vorzüglicher Geiger.
    7. Arnould, Eduard. — Moskau. Geb. in Mirecourt, † 1895.

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Record note

This record exists because one or more sources name this maker. Printed in: British Violin Makers (1920); British Violin Makers: A Biographical Dictionary of British Makers of Stringed Instruments and Bows and a Critical Description of Their Work (1920); Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart (1904); Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart (1904). Nothing else on this site confirms this record beyond what those sources state — no claim is invented here. Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record. Not established is the honest state of this record; if you can change that, we want to hear from you.

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Places and dates of work
ARNOT, DAVID. Born at Crieff, and worked in Glasgow, where he died in 1897. He made a large number of instruments on various models. He had a shop in Stockwell Street, Glasgow, where he carried on extensive repairing business. Handwritten label. reported1
Places and dates of work
ARNOT, DAVID. Born at Crieff, and worked in Glasgow, where he died in 1897. He made a large number of instruments on various models. He had a shop in Stockwell Street, Glasgow, where he carried on extensive repairing business. Handwritten label. reported1
Places and dates of work
Arnot, David. — Glasgow. Geb. 1831 in Turred Bant Cottage, † in Glasgow 1897. reported1
Places and dates of work
Arnot, David. — Glasgow. Geb. 1831 in Turred Bant Cottage, † in Glasgow 1897. reported1
Died (date and place)
Died 1897. As printed in the cited source: “ARNOT, DAVID. Born at Crieff, and worked in Glasgow, where he died in 1897” reported1

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The books behind this record

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  1. W. Meredith Morris, British Violin Makers (London: Robert Scott, 1920). archive.org, bwb_W9-CSA-426. https://archive.org/details/bwb_W9-CSA-426.machine textcited for 2 linessource record

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  2. W. Meredith Morris, British Violin Makers: A Biographical Dictionary of British Makers of Stringed Instruments and Bows and a Critical Description of Their Work (R. Scott, 1920). archive.org, britishviolinmak0000wmer. https://archive.org/details/britishviolinmak0000wmer.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart (1904). archive.org, bub_gb_cWCqAAAAIAAJ. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_cWCqAAAAIAAJ.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  4. Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart (1904). archive.org, diegeigenundlau00vongoog. https://archive.org/details/diegeigenundlau00vongoog.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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