1705–1810
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A dictionary of violin makers (1896)
Dodd, Edward, b. 1705, Sheffield; d. 1810, London, at the age of 105. He was the first bow maker of this name and did a great deal towards improving the English bow. He lived in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, where he died, and was buried in St. Bride’s Church.
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- Ditton. A maker in London about 1700. In Thomas Britton's Collection was a "good violin by Ditton."
- Dodd, Edward, b. 1705, Sheffield; d. 1810, London, at the age of 105. He was the first bow maker of this name and did a great deal towards improving the English bow. He lived in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, where he died, and was buried in St. Bride's Church.
- Dodd, James, second son of Edward. Also made bows.
A dictionary of violin makers (n.d.)
Dodd, Edward, b. 1705, Sheffield; d. 1810, London, at the age of 105. He was the first bow maker of this name and did a great deal towards improving the English bow. He lived in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, where he died, and was buried in St. Bride’s Church.
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- Dieulafait. A viol maker, working in Paris in 1720, this date, with his name, being in a 17th century bass-viol that he had restored. It is now in the Paris Conservatoire Collection.
- Dini, Giambattista. A maker in Lucignano in 1707.
- Ditton. A maker in London about 1700. In Thomas Britton's Collection was a "good violin by Ditton."
- Dodd, Edward, b. 1705, Sheffield; d. 1810, London, at the age of 105. He was the first bow maker of this name and did a great deal towards improving the English bow. He lived in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, where he died, and was buried in St. Bride's Church.
- Dodd, James, second son of Edward. Also made bows.
- Dodd, James, son of James Dodd, sen. Was a good bow maker.
- Dodd, John, eldest son of Edward Dodd; b. 1752, Stirling; d. Oct. 4, 1839, in Richmond Workhouse; was buried at Kew. He was first a gun-lock fitter, then a money-scale maker, and finally found his true vocation in making bows. They are made of magnificent wood and the work is so beautiful that he is known as "The English Tourte"; their only defect is that they are sometimes too short. He would never take pupils, preferring to keep secret his method of cutting the wood, and refused to reveal it for a bribe of £1,000, although he was often in great poverty.
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- Dodd, Edward, b. 1705, Sheffield; d. 1810, London, at the age of 105. He was the first bow maker of this name and did a great deal towards improving the English bow. He lived in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, where he died, and was buried in St. Bride’s Church. reported1
- Places and dates of work
- Dodd, Edward, b. 1705, Sheffield; d. 1810, London, at the age of 105. He was the first bow maker of this name and did a great deal towards improving the English bow. He lived in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, where he died, and was buried in St. Bride’s Church. reported1
- Places and dates of work
- Dodd, Edward, b. 1705, Sheffield; d. 1810, London, at the age of 105. He was the first bow maker of this name and did a great deal towards improving the English bow. He lived in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, where he died, and was buried in St. Bride’s Church. reported1
- Born (date and place)
- Born 1705. As printed in the cited source: “Dodd, Edward, b. 1705” reported1
- Died (date and place)
- Died 1810. As printed in the cited source: “Dodd, Edward, b. 1705, Sheffield; d. 1810” reported1
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- Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai.
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- Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol1899stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol1899stai.
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- Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London ; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai_0. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai_0.
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