London · 1620 to 1657
Historical maker
Named in 1 book.
What the books printed
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 39, scan 61. Held as more than one scan.
RAYMANN (RAYMAN), JAKOB, London, 1620 to 1657. A maker who copied the Stainer model, and is looked upon as the father of English violin making. The label used by Raymann is reproduced on Plate 20.
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.
Same town, same time
44 other London makers have a year in the 1600s. A few of them:
- 1620 to 1650 Rayman, J.
- 1620 to 1650 Raymann, Jacob
- 1629 Hosborn, TH. Alf.
- 1629 to 1630 Hosborn, Thomas Alfred
- 1629 to 1633 Smith, H.
- 1630 Smith, Henry