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British Violin Makers
W. Meredith Morris. London: Robert Scott, 1920.
On archive.org as bwb_W9-CSA-426.
51 pages read (scans 13 to 355)84 names found93 makers on this site cite it
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| 13 | PREFACE | Read | |
| 14 | PREFACE | Read | |
| 46 | 26 | described above a "natural" process? If… | Read |
| 50 | 30 | ence of it goes, it is more successful i… | Read |
| 51 | 31 | of them used Clark's, or Whitelaw's, or… | Read |
| 52 | 32 | proof of the contention that varnish has… | Read |
| 76 | 56 | passion for truth, that Hardie's violins… | Read |
| 90 | 70 | I do not think there would be half the n… | Read |
| 96 | 76 | a table which, experience has shown, is… | Read |
| 101 | 81 | John Bull and Jean Crapaud transmogrifie… | Read |
| 102 | 82 | of the reasons why there are so many spo… | Read |
| 112 | 92 | ANDERSON, JOHN, Glasgow. He is the son o… | Read |
| 124 | 100 | which they copied and dub it "classical,… | Read |
| 151 | The Chanots have a lineage reaching back… | Read | |
| 168 | 134 | prematurely ended his days on the roadsi… | Read |
| 184 | 146 | matter of profound regret that enthusias… | Read |
| 185 | 147 | of the Peace, etc. He made a number of i… | Read |
| 186 | 148 | Sandys and Forster in their History of t… | Read |
| 192 | 152 | Those varnished dark amber were preferre… | Read |
| 196 | 156 | GIBBS, JAMES, London: 1800-45. It is not… | Read |
| 201 | 159 | Facsimile label:— | Read |
| 207 | 165 | excelled. Mr. Honeyman in his Scottish V… | Read |
| 208 | 166 | HARDIE, MATTHEW, Edinburgh: 1755–1826. H… | Read |
| 215 | Strad model, of handsome wood, well made… | Read | |
| 225 | 179 | HILL, WILLIAM, London: 1740-80. Son of t… | Read |
| 226 | 180 | Introduction, but I really only touched… | Read |
| 227 | 181 | there were any such days at all is proof… | Read |
| 228 | 182 | There are two virtues which a restorer m… | Read |
| 252 | 204 | MONK, JOHN KING, Lewisham, and Blackheat… | Read |
| 253 | 205 | of the waves, he muses and carves and fa… | Read |
| 254 | 206 | at Messrs. Puttick & Simpson's sale on J… | Read |
| 255 | 207 | Briggs', and on some of his larger instr… | Read |
| 256 | 208 | N | Read |
| 272 | 218 | maker in an interesting article publishe… | Read |
| 278 | 222 | by trade. He commenced to make violins i… | Read |
| 284 | 228 | 1840, when a retiring pension was given… | Read |
| 291 | 235 | VIOLIN AND BOW MAKERS | Read |
| 292 | 236 | spare time he studied the construction o… | Read |
| 301 | 241 | TOLMIE, G., Hanwell: contemporary. A gen… | Read |
| 302 | 242 | I called upon him on August 5, last year… | Read |
| 303 | 243 | a "Tubbs" at first: there is something a… | Read |
| 304 | 244 | TUBBS, WILLIAM, London: c. 1814-1878. Fa… | Read |
| 305 | 245 | satisfied till he had finished two. All… | Read |
| 306 | 246 | In addition to his artistic work, and th… | Read |
| 307 | 247 | U | Read |
| 320 | 256 | Street. He and his sons are dealers in a… | Read |
| 326 | 262 | BERRY, PETER, Kirkcaldy, N.B., where he… | Read |
| 330 | 266 | been inserted in their place. Collingwoo… | Read |
| 337 | 271 | Meek, of Carlisle. He has made only a fe… | Read |
| 338 | 272 | HARROD, ROBERT, Exeter: c. 1784. A violi… | Read |
| 355 | 285 | fourteen, or even earlier in many instan… | Read |
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