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Hare, Joseph

London · about 1700 to 1730

Historical maker

Named in 5 books.

Also recorded as: Hare, Joseph (or John)

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. p. 45.
As printed on this page: "Hare, Joseph (or John). A maker in London about 1700-30. He made the innovation of following the pattern of Stradivari, instead of that of Stainer as his contemporaries did; he also used a rich red varnis…"
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 45, scan 53.
As printed in the cited source: "Joseph Hare at ye viol and flute near the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, London, 1726."
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. p. 45. Held as more than one scan.
As printed on this page: "Hare, Joseph (or John). A maker in London about 1700-30. He made the innovation of following the pattern of Stradivari, instead of that of Stainer as his contemporaries did; he also used a rich red varnis…"
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 45, scan 55. Held as more than one scan.
Hare, Joseph (or John). A maker in London about 1700-30. He made the innovation of following the pattern of Stradivari, instead of that of Stainer …
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 45, scan 55. Held as more than one scan.
As printed in the cited source: "Joseph Hare at ye viol and flute near the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, London, 1726."
The Violin, 1875. Page 191, scan 249. Held as more than one scan.
HARE, Joseph, London, about 1726. Copied Stainer. Little known.
Hare, Joseph. — London (Cornhill.). 1720. 1726.
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 29, scan 51. Held as more than one scan.
HARE, JOSEPH, London (Cornhill), 1720 to 1726.
  • Entries from 5 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.

Labels the books quote

  • "Joseph Hare at ye viol and flute near the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, London, 1726." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "Joseph Hare at ye viol and flute near the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, London, 1726." (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.

Same town, same time

162 other London makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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