Manchester · d. 1888
Historical maker
Named in 2 books.
What the books printed
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. p. 19. Held as more than one scan.
As printed on this page: "CRASKE (CRASK), GEORGE, Bath, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Manchester, Stockport, b. Bury St. Edmunds, 1797, d. Stockport, 1888."
Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 197.
CRASK (George) — Manchester 1795-1888. Clever copyist of different Italian masters. Very large production.
- 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.
Same town, same time
17 other Manchester makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:
- born 1866 Hesketh, Thomas-Earle
- 1874 Pycroft, Ernest
- 1886 Crompton, Edward
- 1889 Booth, Joseph
- 1889 Hargreaves, William
- 1890 Caroll, James