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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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1bourne, 1888; International Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1890; East End Industrial Exhibition, Glasgow, 1891; National Trades and Industrial Exhibition, Glasgow, 1895-96. With the last he got a bronze medal, the highest award they gave.
3It may also be mentioned that at the Fisheries Exhibition, Edinburgh, he obtained a silver medal and £5 for an essay on fishing-boats and a model of an improved boat.
5He sells his instruments at a very moderate figure, ranging from £3 to £10. He plays well on the fiddle, though with him playing is subsidiary to making, and only taken up comparatively late in life for the purpose of testing his work.
7Mr. Omond, it may fairly be asserted, is in the front rank of modern Scottish makers. His work is downright honest, unsophisticated, solid British work, and his devotion to the art will materially help to sustain the fame of Scottish violin-makers. Facsimile label:—
9James Omond.
10Stromness, Scotland.
11A.D. 1900
12Strad Model
14OWEN, JOHN WILLIAM, Leeds, contemporary. He was born in Leeds, May 28, 1852, and works at Amati House, Merrion Place, New Briggate. He is the only child of William and Hannah Owen, the father being a native of Congleton, and the mother of Chester. The latter, whose maiden name was Rimmer, was of a highly artistic turn of mind, and without a rival as a designer in fancy work. Owen received his early education at an elementary school in his native town, but it was discontinued at a stage which made it necessary for him to supplement it by attendance at scientific classes in the evenings later on in life.
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