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

Gilchrist, James

Rothesay · b. 1832, d. 1894

Historical maker

Named in 4 books.

What the books printed

British Violin Makers, W. Meredith Morris. London: Robert Scott, 1920. Page 159, scan 199. Held as more than one scan.
GILCHRIST, JAMES, Glasgow: 1832–94. An amateur maker who was by trade a philosophical instrument maker. He made eighty-six instruments of every description, of very good workmanship and very fair tone.
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Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904. Page 221, scan 243. Held as more than one scan.
Gilchrist, James. — Rothesay. Glasgow. Geb. in Rothesay 1832, † 1894 in Glasgow.
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Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922. Page 166, scan 170.
Gilchrist, James. — Rothesay, Glasgow. Geb. in Rothesay 1832, † 1894 in Glasgow
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An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 27, scan 49. Held as more than one scan.
GILCHRIST, JAMES, Glasgow, b. 1832, d. 1894.
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  • Entries from 4 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.