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

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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937

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1Robbins, Chandler, Minister. A History of the Second Church, Or Old North, in Boston, to Which Is Added, A History of the New Brick Church. Published by a Committee of the Society, Boston: Printed by John Wilson & Son, 22, [address hidden], 1852, p. 316
2Woodbury, C. J. H., President. The Bells of Lynn, A Paper Given Before The Lynn Historical Society December 10, 1914. Reprinted from the Register of the Society, Volume XVII, Lynn, Mass., 1915
4Band, Orchestral, Fretted and Miscellaneous Instruments
61. VIOLINS
8Bachman, Alberto. An Encyclopedia of the Violin. New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1925. Translated by Frederick H. Martens, edited by Albert E. Wier. Alphabetical List of Violin Makers in America, pp. 49-54. illus. & labels
9Biennial Census of Manufactures. U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C. 1927. p. 1121-28
10Gould, Erik. Bostonian Treasures Violin of Bobbie Burns. Boston Traveler Article, Jan. 31, 1931, p. 16. illus.
11Gould, John A. Boston Personalities Column, Boston Herald, by Mason Ham, Jan. 2, p. 4 & Jan. 3, 1931, p. 12
12Gould, John A. Facts About Old Violins. Jacobs' Orchestra Monthly, April 1930
13Ingham, Travis. Violin 400 Years Old in Possession of Chelsea Collector—One of Gasparo da Salo's Rare Products Among Anderberg's [address hidden] Instruments. Boston Herald, April 10, 1932, p. 3, illus.
14Manufactures of the United States in 1860—compiled from the Original Returns of the Eighth Census Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C. 1865
15Massachusetts Totals, pp. 254-5; United States Totals, p. 738.
16Mason, Orion Thomas. The Handbook of Medway History; A Condensed History of the Town of Medway, Massachusetts, 1713-1913. Medway, Billings, 1913. Deacon Samuel Allen and William Green p. 31
17Poidras, Henri. Critical and Documentary Dictionary of Violin Makers Old and Modern. Translated by Arnold Sewell, Rouen, 1928, Imprimerie de La Vicomte Miscellaneous Schools, pp. 177-209.
18The Violinist's Guide, 1916, Written for the use of the Violin Buying Public—Containing Information Pertaining to the Violin Making Industry—The Blue Book of the Violin Making Profession. Chicago, The Violinist Publishing Company, for A. E. Taylor, 1916
19Howe, William H. Early American Violin Makers, pp. 15-18. American Violin Makers, pp. 19-42.
20Willibald, Leo, Freiherrn Von Lütgendorff. Die Geigen und Lautenmacher, vom Mittelalter Bis Zur Gegenwart. Frankfurt-a-M., Verlag von Heinrich Keller, 1904 Edition; also 1913 Edition, Erster Band 407 pp., Zweiter Band 937 pp.

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