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

Shaw, John

London · 1650 to 1698

Historical maker

Named in 4 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. p. 82.
As printed on this page: "Shaw, John. A maker of viols in London in 1656. Label: "John Shaw att the Goulden harp and Hoboy nere the maypole in the Strand, 1656.""
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. p. 82. Held as more than one scan.
As printed on this page: "Shaw, John. A maker of viols in London in 1656. Label: "John Shaw att the Goulden harp and Hoboy nere the maypole in the Strand, 1656.""
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 82, scan 92. Held as more than one scan.
Shaw, John. A maker of viols in London in 1656. Label: "John Shaw att the Goulden harp and Hoboy nere the maypole in the Strand, 1656."
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 41, scan 65. Held as more than one scan.
SHAW, JOHN, London, 1655 to 1698.
British violin-makers classical and modern, Morris, W. Meredith (William Meredith). London, Chatto & Windus, 1904. Scan 275.
SHAW, JOHN, London: c. 1650.
  • 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.

Labels the books quote

  • "John Shaw att the Goulden harp and Hoboy nere the maypole in the Strand, 1656." (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

44 other London makers have a year in the 1600s. A few of them:

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