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British Violin Makers, 1920
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1MONK, JOHN KING, Lewisham, and Blackheath: contemporary. He was born in 1846, and is a descendant in the direct line of General Monk, of Commonwealth fame. He has carried on business for many years as a professional maker and repairer, and is considered a clever and conscientious craftsman. He has made a large number of violins on a model which closely approximates to that of the grand Strad. He uses excellent material, and a lustrous oil varnish of fine quality, ranging in colour from pale amber to deep golden red. He is of an inventive turn of mind, and has introduced and put on the market, I believe, some "patent improvements," such as the "triple bar system," the "Maggini bass bar," etc. All lovers of classical methods, and adherents to the old traditions, look with suspicion upon these innovations, and not without very good reasons. Mr. Monk, however, makes instruments of the orthodox type, and his best work is excellent in every way. Facsimile label:—
3J. K. Monk,
4MAKER,
5WERTON, SUSSEX, E.W
6NO. 70
71899
9MORGAN, JAMES, Edinburgh: 1839 to about 1906. A cabinet maker who made a number of excellent violins and other stringed instruments during spare time.
11MORGAN, WILLIAM, Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven: contemporary. He was born in 1844, and has been keeper of the celebrated castle of Dunnottar for many years, and a professional violin maker for the last ten or dozen years. He has fitted up a workshop in a part of the romantic old ruins of the castle by the sea, and there, to the wild music
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