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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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1intents and purposes a sealed book to English readers. For, although seventy or eighty per cent. of those interested in fiddle literature can probably read any work with tolerable ease in French or German, we doubt if ten per cent. can manage to wade through the Italian. We hope Mr. Hart will take the hint and give us another edition of Count Cozio.
3HARVIE, ROBERT, contemporary.
5HAWKES, ——, Coventry: eighteenth century.
7HAYNES & CO., London, contemporary. Chiefly dealers.
9HAYNES, JACOB, London: c. 1750. He made fairly good copies of Stainer. Label:—
11JACOB HAYNES,
12IN SWALLOW STREET, ST. JAMES',
13LONDON, FECIT ——
15HEAPS, ALFRED WALTER, Sydney, N.S.W. He is the son of the late John Knowles Heaps, of Leeds, and was born in January 1854. He commenced to study the violin at an early age, under Mr. Whittaker, of Leeds, and later he continued his studies under the late George Haddock. He made rapid progress and gave fair promise to become one of the leading English violinists, but the love of violin construction very early outgrew the love of violin music. He was apprenticed to Handel Pickard, Leeds, in 1869, with whom he remained until the end of 1874, after which time he was for over two years in his father's workshop. In 1875, he, along with his father, exhibited a quartette of instruments at the Leeds Exhibition, for which a prize medal and certificate were awarded. During the time he was with his father he made several instruments which were of excellent workmanship.
17Shortly after this period Mr. Heaps accepted an appointment in Sydney as manager of the musical department of a wholesale

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