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Freeman, Jay C.

As printed

  1. The Violinist's Guide: Written for the Use of the Violin Buying Public (1916)

    d. — Chicago, Wabash and Jackson. American; expert and connoisseur; has had experience making and repairing. Has been foreign buyer, and head of violin department of Lyon & Healy for twenty-seven years. Government appraiser; author of ‘The Italian School of Violin Makers.’.

    p. 27

    Freeman, Jay C. d.

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    1. Frederickson & Kroh Music Co. d.
    2. Oklahoma City, Okla.
    4. Freeman, Jay C. d.
    5. Wabash and Jackson, Chicago
    6. American; expert and connoisseur; has had experience making and repairing. Has been foreign buyer, and head of violin department of Lyon & Healy for twenty-seven years. Government appraiser; author of "The Italian School of Violin Makers."

  2. An encyclopedia of the violin (1925)

    As printed on this page: “Freeman, Jay C., New York City. Was born in Chicago, Ill., and apprenticed in 1887 to August Heck, violin maker, under whom he worked until March 1889, making his first violin in 1888. In addition to being a…”

    p. 51source record p. 51source record

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The Violinist’s Guide: Written for the Use of the Violin Buying Public (1916), p. 27 is what this record is built on, nothing more. No claim beyond that naming has been invented here, so not established is the honest state of the record — tell us if you can change it.

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d. — Chicago, Wabash and Jackson. American; expert and connoisseur; has had experience making and repairing. Has been foreign buyer, and head of violin department of Lyon & Healy for twenty-seven years. Government appraiser; author of ‘The Italian School of Violin Makers.’. reported1
Places and dates of work
Freeman, Jay C. d. reported view the page image1
Places and dates of work
As printed on this page: “Freeman, Jay C., New York City. Was born in Chicago, Ill., and apprenticed in 1887 to August Heck, violin maker, under whom he worked until March 1889, making his first violin in 1888. In addition to being a…” reported1
Places and dates of work
As printed on this page: “Freeman, Jay C., New York City. Was born in Chicago, Ill., and apprenticed in 1887 to August Heck, violin maker, under whom he worked until March 1889, making his first violin in 1888. In addition to being a…” reported1

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  1. The Violinist’s Guide: Written for the Use of the Violin Buying Public (Chicago: The Violinist Publishing Company, 1916), pp. 19–43. Google Books, zXQHAQAAMAAJ. https://books.google.com/books?id=zXQHAQAAMAAJ.Primaryread from the pagecited for 2 linessource record

    p. 27 scan page 30, line 27

  2. Alberto Bachmann, An encyclopedia of the violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

    p. 51

  3. Alberto Bachmann, An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

    p. 51