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British Violin Makers: A Biographical Dictionary of British Makers of Stringed Instruments and Bows and a Critical Description of Their Work

W. Meredith Morris. R. Scott, 1920.

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52 pages read (scans 11 to 353)171 names found97 makers on this site cite it

Towns it names most

London20
Edinburgh5
Bristol4
Aberdeen3
Glasgow3
Hereford3
Leeds2
Dinas Powis2
Sunderland2
Cork2
Cardiff2
Manchester2

Pages

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11 PREFACE Read
12 employed in making for music shops and w… Read
44 26 described above a "natural" process? If… Read
48 30 ence of it goes, it is more successful i… Read
49 31 of them used Clark's, or Whitelaw's, or… Read
50 32 proof of the contention that varnish has… Read
74 56 passion for truth, that Hardie's violins… Read
88 70 I do not think there would be half the n… Read
94 76 a table which, experience has shown, is… Read
99 81 John Bull and Jean Crapaud transmogrifie… Read
100 82 of the reasons why there are so many spo… Read
110 92 ANDERSON, JOHN, Glasgow. He is the son o… Read
122 100 which they copied and dub it "classical,… Read
149 The Chanots have a lineage reaching back… Read
166 134 prematurely ended his days on the roadsi… Read
182 146 matter of profound regret that enthusias… Read
183 147 of the Peace, etc. He made a number of i… Read
184 148 Sandys and Forster in their History of t… Read
190 152 Those varnished dark amber were preferre… Read
194 156 GIBBS, JAMES, London: 1800-45. It is not… Read
199 159 Facsimile label:— Read
205 165 excellend. Mr. Honeyman in his Scottish… Read
206 166 HARDIE, MATTHEW, Edinburgh: 1755-1826. H… Read
213 Strad model, of handsome wood, well made… Read
223 179 VIOLIN AND BOW MAKERS Read
224 180 Introduction, but I really only touched… Read
225 181 there were any such days at all is proof… Read
226 182 There are two virtues which a restorer m… Read
250 204 MONK, JOHN KING, Lewisham, and Blackheat… Read
251 205 of the waves, he muses and carves and fa… Read
252 206 at Messrs. Puttick & Simpson's sale on J… Read
253 207 Briggs', and on some of his larger instr… Read
254 208 N Read
270 218 maker in an interesting article publishe… Read
276 222 by trade. He commenced to make violins i… Read
282 228 1840, when a retiring pension was given… Read
288 234 BRITISH VIOLIN MAKERS Read
289 235 VIOLIN AND BOW MAKERS Read
290 236 spare time he studied the construction o… Read
299 VIOLIN AND BOW MAKERS Read
300 242 I called upon him on August 5, last year… Read
301 243 a "Tubbs" at first: there is something a… Read
302 244 TUBBS, WILLIAM, London: c. 1814–1878. Fa… Read
303 245 satisfied till he had finished two. All… Read
304 246 In addition to his artistic work, and th… Read
305 247 VIOLIN AND BOW MAKERS Read
318 256 Street. He and his sons are dealers in a… Read
324 262 BERRY, PETER, Kirkcaldy, N.B., where he… Read
328 266 been inserted in their place. Collingwoo… Read
335 271 Meek, of Carlisle. He has made only a fe… Read
336 272 HARROD, ROBERT, Exeter: c. 1784. A violi… Read
353 285 fourteen, or even earlier in many instan… Read

Makers from this book

97, A to Z.