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

Smith, Mr. & Mrs. O. D.

St. Louis · listed 1916

Historical maker

Named in 1 book.

What the books printed

The Violinist's Guide, Chicago: The Violinist Publishing Company, 1916. p. 39.

m. — St. Louis, Mo., 1203a Tower Grove Ave. American makers. Mrs. Smith follows method inherited from an ancestor, together with recipe for Cremona varnish.

The Violinist's Guide, Chicago: The Violinist Publishing Company, 1916. Page 39, scan 44.

Smith, Mr. & Mrs. O. D. m.        1203a Tower Grove Ave., St. Louis, Mo.

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Printed as a firm

Same name

Smith, A. E.
Maldon
Smith, A. H.
No town printed · b. 1859
Smith, Alexander Howland
Edinburgh
Smith, Domenico
Mantua · 1647
Smith, George
Regina · listed 1923
Smith, Giovanni
Milan

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 11 more Smith pages under S.

Same town, same time

6 other St. Louis makers have a year in the 1900s.

listed 1916 Buckley, F. J.
listed 1916 Hunleth Music Co.
1916 to 1924 Kornis, Ernis
listed 1916 Lidholm, E. J.
listed 1924 Everett, H. E.
listed 1924 Lyeki, Louis

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