Detroit · listed 1916 and 1924
Historical maker
Named in 2 books.
What the books printed
The Violinist's Guide, Chicago: The Violinist Publishing Company, 1916. p. 23.
m.r. — Detroit, Mich., 475 1/2 Sixteenth St. American maker of forty years' standing; follows Strad and Guarnerius models; makes and uses amber oil varnish.
The Violinist's Guide, Chicago: The Violinist Publishing Company, 1916. Page 23, scan 26.
Cox, Wm. m.r. 475½ Sixteenth St., Detroit, Mich.
The Violinist's Guide, Chicago: The Violinist Publishing Company, 1924. p. 29.
m.r. Formerly in Detroit, Mich. American maker of forty years' standing; follows Strad and Guarnerius models; makes and uses amber oil varnish.
The Violinist's Guide, Chicago: The Violinist Publishing Company, 1924. line 46 of what the software read from the scan.
Cox, Wm. m.r. Formerly in Detroit, Mich.
- Entries from 2 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
3 other Detroit makers have a year in the 1900s.
- listed 1916 Bryant, Willard
- listed 1916 Krug, J. Adolph
- listed 1916 Schremser Rosin Co.