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

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A catalogue of the Lyon & Healy collection of rare old violins, violas …, 1916

30 lines. Read by computer on 29 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.

1RARE OLD VIOLINS
3SILVERIO ORTEGA, MADRID, 1803
4Number 4555. Medium high model. Brown varnish. Back, plain maple; top, wide grain spruce. Good condition.
5Price: $125
7F. BRETON, MIRECOURT, 1880
8Number 4558. Stradivarius model, flat type. Brown red varnish. Back, plain maple; top, medium grain spruce. Good condition.
9Price: $125
11DAVID CHRISTIAN HAVEMANN, KLINGENTHAL, 1802
12Number 4643. Flat model. Brown red varnish. Back, curly maple; top, straight grain spruce.
13Price: $125
15JOSEPH KLEIN, WURTZBURG, 1720-30
16Number 4677. Very broad, flat model. Dark red varnish. Curly maple back. Strong tone.
17Price: $125
19CHRISTIAN FRIEDERICH GOETHEL, BORSTENDORF, 1740-50
20Number 4670. Slender small model. Reddish brown varnish. Excellent condition. Sweet tone.
21Price: $125
23J. CHARLES, MARSEILLES, 1783
24Number 4671. Large Stradivarius model, flat pattern. Red varnish. Beautiful curly maple back; straight, even grain spruce top. Strong tone.
25Price: $125
27CHARLES CLAUDOT
28Number 4722. Stradivarius model. Light brown varnish. Back, rather plain maple; top, straight grain spruce.
29Price: $125

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