Danvers · b. 1853, d. about 1925
May be living
Named in 1 book.
What the books printed
Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston, 1640–1936, Ayars, Christine Merrick. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1937. Page 200, scan 226.
Walter Solon Goss was another Boston master violin maker. He was born in 1853 at Danvers, Massachusetts, and worked on violins from 1870 on. He established himself in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1896. After that he worked for a total of about twelve years as expert and supervisor of repairing for the firms of Elias Howe and Oliver Ditson Company, having his own shop for a while between his employment by these firms. Around 1911 he established himself in Boston at [address hidden], specializing in copies of Cremona instruments and fine repairing. He used to get about $250-$300 apiece for his instruments, 26 for he was one of the finest makers in the country. Later he had charge of the shop for the Musicians' Supply Company, and was with the Brown Music Store in Lynn when he died about 1925.
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.