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

Scan 74

An encyclopedia of the violin, 1925

42 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 50. See the scan on archive.org.

A town on its own line is one of the directory's headings. That is where the town on a maker's page comes from.

1"GEMÜNDER ART VIOLIN
2AUGUST GEMÜNDER & SONS NEW YORK
3August Gemünder, 1920"
5NO.
6J. R. Carlisle.
7CINCINNATI, OHIO
8ANNO
10Henry Richard Knopf, 318
11New York, Anno 1923
13John Friedrich fecit
14New York Anno 192
16WILLIAM MADE BY
17CHICAGO, ILL.
18Levi Michael Lewis
19MANER
21John A. Gould
22Boston, Mass.
24Joseph N. Copeland,
25fecit Chicago, Ill. anno 1923
26LIII
28Joseph Hollingsworth
29OTTUMWA, IOWA.
30anno 19
31no.
33H. Bentin
34New Orleans, F. A. 192
36NO. Made by
37TREFFLE GERVAIS,
38Violin Maker.
39BOSTON
41LABELS USED BY AMERICAN VIOLIN MAKERS.

The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.