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Szepessy, Béla (Adalbert)

London · b. 1856

Historical maker

Named in 3 books.

Also recorded as: Szepessy, Bela

What the books printed

Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 218.
SZEPESSY (Bela) — London. A native of Budapest, where he was born in 1856. Make a little massive but well effected. Artists agree that his instruments possess real sound qualities. Made after the models of the Cremonese masters, his many instruments have brought him several prizes at Exhibitions.
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Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904. Page 646, scan 668.
Szepessy, Béla (Adalbert). — London. Geb. 1856 in Budapest.
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Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922. Page 504, scan 508.
Szepessy, Béla (Adalbert). — London. Geb. 1856 in Budapest
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  • Entries from 3 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.

Same name

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

Same town, same time

175 other London makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:

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