Bow & Bridge

Urquhart, Alexander

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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)

    URQUHART, ALEXANDER, Invergordon, contemporary. He was born at Balblair, in the parish of Resolis, near Invergordon, Oct. 7, 1867. He is an amateur of artistic

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    4. URQUHART, ALEXANDER, Invergordon, contemporary. He was born at Balblair, in the parish of Resolis, near Invergordon, Oct. 7, 1867. He is an amateur of artistic

  2. British Violin Makers: A Biographical Dictionary of British Makers of Stringed Instruments and Bows and a Critical Description of Their Work (1920)

    URQUHART, ALEXANDER, Invergordon: contemporary. An amateur who turns out an occasional violin of good workmanship and tone.

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    4. URQUHART, ALEXANDER, Invergordon: contemporary. An amateur who turns out an occasional violin of good workmanship and tone.
    6. URQUHART, DONALD, Tain, N.B., contemporary. Born at Balblair, near Invergordon, in 1859. He has made a considerable number of violins on the grand Strad model, which are of very beautiful construction, with a moderately powerful, sweet, and responsive tone. He is the maker of a fine oil varnish, a large stock of which he has recently disposed of to Mr. William Glenister, of London.

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URQUHART, ALEXANDER, Invergordon: contemporary. An amateur who turns out an occasional violin of good workmanship and tone. reported1
Places and dates of work
URQUHART, ALEXANDER, Invergordon, contemporary. He was born at Balblair, in the parish of Resolis, near Invergordon, Oct. 7, 1867. He is an amateur of artistic reported1
Places and dates of work
URQUHART, ALEXANDER, Invergordon: contemporary. An amateur who turns out an occasional violin of good workmanship and tone. reported1

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  1. W. Meredith Morris, British Violin Makers: A Biographical Dictionary of British Makers of Stringed Instruments and Bows and a Critical Description of Their Work (R. Scott, 1920). archive.org, britishviolinmak0000wmer. https://archive.org/details/britishviolinmak0000wmer.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  2. 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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  3. W. Meredith Morris, British Violin Makers (London: Robert Scott, 1920). archive.org, bwb_W9-CSA-426. https://archive.org/details/bwb_W9-CSA-426.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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