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British Violin Makers, 1920
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1of the Peace, etc. He made a number of instruments, including violins, violas, and one violoncello, on the Stradivari and Guarneri models, all of very beautiful workmanship. Dr. Fleck was a keen connoisseur, and a man of wide reading and very refined artistic tastes.
3FLECK, ETHEL, High Wycombe: contemporary. She was the wife of the Dr. Fleck previously mentioned, and not only assisted him with the varnishing of his instruments, but has made several violins herself, all the work from the fashioning of the rough blocks to the last finishing touches being her own unaided effort. She continues to make, and to take a deep interest in the violin, and in other branches of art. She follows the Stradivari model, and the workmanship is beautifully and delicately finished.
5FLEMING, J., ——: nineteenth century.
7FORD, JACOB, London: 1780-95. He worked on a model which very closely resembles that of Stainer. He evidently had Stainer in his mind, but he had also seen and handled Amati copies, or perhaps he had seen genuine "Amatis," and had been somewhat influenced by them, so that he had become unsettled in his ideals. The workmanship is excellent, and the wood very carefully chosen. The varnish is an oil one, of light or deep amber colour. His margins are wider than is usual in Stainer copies, and the edges are nicely rounded and solid looking. The tone is not a large one, but is of a very good quality. Altogether Ford was a superior maker, and the few examples of his art which remain to-day should be more highly valued than they are.
8Label:—
10JACOB FORD,
11MAKER,
12LONDON, 1792.
14FORSTER, JOHN, Brampton: 1688-1781. The first member of this celebrated family to make fiddles. Messrs.
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