Edinburgh · about 1815 to 1850
Historical maker
Named in 1 book.
What the books printed
Biographical dictionary of musicians, Brown, James Duff. Paisley, London: A. Gardner, 1886. Page 302, scan 312. Held as more than one scan.
HARDIE (Matthew). Scottish violin-maker, worked in Edinburgh, from about 1815 to 1850. His violins are among the best produced in Scotland. He was a dissipated character, extremely eccentric in manner.
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 4 more Hardie pages under H.
Same town, same time
33 other Edinburgh makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:
- 1813 Wilson, Gavin
- 1815 Fergusson, William
- 1815 to 1820 Hardie, M.
- about 1815 Stirrat
- born 1817 Ross, Donald
- 1820 Blair, J.