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

Elias, Howe

d. 1895

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 15, scan 37.
Elias Howe died in 1895 and the corporation Elias Howe Co. was formed and incorporated in 1898 with his sons in charge of the business, William H. Howe being president. The firm, which was located at [address hidden] from about 1880 to 1914, gradually stopped publishing, finally ceasing this phase of the business by about 1910, and specialized in materials for violin makers, repairing 28 and the sale of new instruments of the violin family and guitars, banjos, mandolins, ukeleles, strings and trimmings.
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