Bow & Bridge

Lister, John

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  1. British violin-makers classical and modern; being a biographical and critical dictionary of British makers of the violin from the foundation of the classical school to the end of the nineteenth century (1904)

    LISTER, JOHN, Leeds: 1720-30. Very ordinary Stainer copies.

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    1. Maker.
    2. Stockton-on-Tees. 1899
    4. LISTER, JOHN, Leeds: 1720-30. Very ordinary Stainer copies.
    6. LOGAN, JOHN, Biggar, N.B., contemporary. He is an excellent amateur maker who has made and restored a large number of instruments. He follows the Joseph, Strad, and Maggini models. One violin which I examined was made on the Strad model with plates graduated after a Maggini instrument. The tone was large, rich, and free.

  2. A dictionary of violin makers (n.d.)

    Lister, John. Leeds, 1727.

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    1. d. 1824; made fairly good instruments; used yellow-brown varnish.
    2. Lister, John. Leeds, 1727.
    3. Lolio, Giambattista. Bergamo, 17—.
    4. Loly, Jacopo. Was working in Naples in 1627; followed the pattern of Grancino; used yellow varnish; his instruments were not arched, and the wood was of too hard a quality. He made some large-sized tenors.
    5. Longman and Broderip were not violin makers, but were instrument sellers in Cheapside, London, about 1760, and many of the instruments they sold, marked with their name, were made for the firm by Benjamin Banks, or Jay.

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Lister, John. Leeds, 1727. reported1
Places and dates of work
Lister, John. Leeds, 1727. reported1
Places and dates of work
LISTER, JOHN, Leeds: 1720-30. Very ordinary Stainer copies. reported1

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  1. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  2. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol1899stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol1899stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Morris, W. Meredith (William Meredith), 1867-1921, British violin-makers classical and modern; being a biographical and critical dictionary of British makers of the violin from the foundation of the classical school to the end of the nineteenth century (London, Chatto & Windus, 1904). archive.org, britishviolinmak00morrrich. https://archive.org/details/britishviolinmak00morrrich.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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