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

Scan 76

An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925

48 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. 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 M Gemünder 1920"
5NO.
6J.R. Carlisle.
7CINCINNATI, OHIO
8ANNO
10Henry Richard Knopf, 318
11New York, Anno 1923
13MADE BY
14WILLIAM LEWIS & SON,
15CHICAGO, ILL.
16Le Michael Smuly
17MANILA
19John Friedrich fecit
20New York Anno 192
22POEHLAND & FUCHS one of two readings
23PUEHLAND & FUCHS one of two readings
24MADE
25BROOKLYN N.Y. U.S.A.
261923
28Joseph N Copland,
29fecit & Chicago, Ill. anno 1923
30L III
32John A. Gould
33Boston, Mass.
35H. Bentin
36New Orleans, F. A. 192
38Made by
39TREFFLE GERVRAIS,
40Violin Maker.
41BOSTON
4218
44Jacob Hollingsworth
45FECIT.
46OTTUMWA, IOWA.
47ANNO 19

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