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11840, when a retiring pension was given to him. A Mr. Herbert Hodson, of 26 Barclay Road, Croydon, Surrey, owned a 'cello of his make in 1912, which he said was well made and had a good tone.
3ROSS, DONALD, Edinburgh: 1817 till about 1905. He made about fifty violins on the Maggini model.
5ROSS, JOHN, London: c. 1560-1600. A maker of lutes and viols.
7ROWLEY, A. G., Cardiff: contemporary. He is not actually a maker, but he has varnished many instruments for other makers with a very beautiful varnish of his own make. He has studied the varnish problem for many years, and though he may not have solved the "riddle of Cremona," he has certainly succeeded in producing a varnish of wonderful lustre and transparency.
9RUDDIMAN, JOSEPH, Aberdeen: 1760-1800. I have not seen any of his work. Mr. Alexander Wilson, advocate, of Aberdeen, has a violin of his make, which is said to be of good workmanship and tone.
11RYLANDS, JOHN, Bristol: c. 1800. His name has appeared in lists of old instruments.
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15SABY, H. H., Cape Town, S. Africa: contemporary. He was born at Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, in 1860, and emigrated to South Africa in 1890. He is a pupil of the late W. Calow, the violin maker, of Nottingham, with whom he remained for five years. He is established as a professional maker and repairer at 75 Plein Street, Cape Town, where he has worked up a fine business connection and won for himself a great reputation as a first-class maker and repairer. His violins are said to be beautifully made, and to possess a large, brilliant, and responsive tone. At
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