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Corsby

Northampton · 1770 to 1780

Historical maker

Named in 6 books.

What the books printed

Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 197.
CORSBY — Northampton circa 1770. Has made 'cellos chiefly. A maker of the same name worked in London about 1790, and may be the same person.
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Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 246, scan 270.
CORSBY. Northampton about 1780; chiefly made double-basses.
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The violin, Hart, George. London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884. Page 289, scan 373.
CORSBY, ——, Northampton, 1780. Chiefly made Double-Basses.
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British violin-makers classical and modern, Morris, W. Meredith (William Meredith). London, Chatto & Windus, 1904. Scan 126.
CORSBY, ——, Northampton: 1780. Double-basses.
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An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 19, scan 41. Held as more than one scan.
CORSBY, ——, Northampton, 1770 to 1780.
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Les ancêtres du violon et du violoncelle, les luthiers et les fabricants d'archets, 1901. Page 266, scan 274. Held as more than one scan.
CORSBY. — Northampton, 1780.
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  • Entries from 6 books stand under this name, and nobody has judged yet whether they mean the same person.

Same name

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

Same town, same time

1 other Northampton maker has a year in the 1700s.

All Northampton makers