Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Duke, Richard (Father)

London · 1750 to 1780

Historical maker

Named in 3 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. p. 25.
As printed on this page: "Duke, Richard. A maker in London about 1750-80. He made excellent copies of Stradivari and Amati instruments, and not quite such good ones of Stainer. Genuine instruments of his are very fine, but unfortu…"
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. p. 25.
As printed on this page: "Duke, Richard. A maker in London about 1750-80. He made excellent copies of Stradivari and Amati instruments, and not quite such good ones of Stainer. Genuine instruments of his are very fine, but unfortu…"
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 21, scan 43. Held as more than one scan.
DUKE, RICHARD (FATHER), London, 1750 to 1780. A reproduction of one of Duke's instruments will be found on Plate 21.
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  • Entries from 3 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 name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.

Same town, same time

162 other London makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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