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British violin-makers classical and modern; being a biographical and critical dictionary of British makers of the violin from the foundation of the classical school to the end of the nineteenth century, 1904
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1DODD, MAKER,
292, ST. MARTIN'S LANE
4Perfect copies of Stradivari, Amati, Stainer, &c.
6Note.—The only possessor of the recipe for preparing the original Cremona oil varnish.
8DODD, EDWARD & THOMAS, London: 1830-43. Pupils of Bernhard Fendt. Thomas died early, and Edward was accidentally drowned, April 29, 1843. Had Thomas Dodd lived he would in all probability have become an excellent maker.
10DORANT, WILLIAM, London: 1800-20. He worked at 63 Winfield Street, Brick Lane, Spitalfields. Average work and tone.
12DUFF, WILLIAM, Dunkeld: 1810-82. A game-keeper on the Athole estate, and an amateur maker. Indifferent work, poor varnish, but fair tone. Label:—
14MADE BY WM. DUFF,
15PULNEY COTTAGE,
16DUNKELD, 1866
18DUKE, RICHARD, London: 1750-80. Unfortunately there are no biographical particulars of this great man, and no evidence as to his character and personality other than that furnished by his remains. He worked on the Stainer and Amati models. Miss Stainer, in her "Dictionary of Violin-Makers," says that he also made copies of Stradivari, but I have never seen any of these copies, nor heard of undoubtedly genuine ones. Counterfeit Strad modelled Dukes there are, I have not the least doubt, as there are counterfeit "nobody" Dukes by the hundred. It has been said that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," if so, Duke is the most sincerely flattered maker of the British classical school. His fame was greater in the eighteenth century than was that of even Banks. The reason for this is not far to seek; he made the best copies of Stainer that were ever
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