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Critical & Documentary Dictionary of Violin Makers Old and Modern, 1928
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1BARTLOW (Hiram-Cornelius) — New-York City (552 W. 18th St.). Contemporary maker.
3BARROW (John) — Bridgeport (Connecticut). Contemporary maker. He follows the models of the Italian masters, particularly those of Guarneri I. H. S. His varnish is an imitation of the Cremonese. He affixes a manuscript label. No 531.
5BELL (Carl) — New-York City (1522 3rd. Ave). Contemporary maker.
7BENJAMIN (S.-B.) — Bloomington (Illinois). Contemporary maker.
9BECKER (Carl) — Chicago (59 E. Adams Street.) He served his apprenticeship in making and repairing with John Hornsteiner of Chicago, one of the members of the family of that name from Mittenwald. Follows Stradivari and Guarneri I. H. S. in the making of violins, violas and 'cellos, in which he has specialised. He has to his credit over 200 instruments, about a score of them being played by reputed artists. His first violins are dated 1904. Since 1924 he has been affiliated with the firm William Lewis & Son, with whose name his is to be found in conjunction on the labels for 1926. The oil varnish, of his own composition, is of a brown-orange shade. The excellence of his work has earned for him a well-deserved reputation. No 543, 544.
11BENDER (E.-W.) — Neumann Ill. Bow maker.
13BENTIN (Henry) — New-Orleans. Born at Nachel (Province of Posen) in 1857. Pupil of his father. Was established at St-Louis from 1889 to 1896, later migrating to New-Orleans where he enjoys a most deserved reputation. The tone qualities of his instruments have been acknowledged by virtuosi and Jan Kubelik possesses a copy of his Stradivarius « The Emperor », made by Bentin. The style and address of the firm is : H. Bentin & Son, 109 Elk's Place. Label No 526.
15BERNARD (André) — Liège. « A la Guitare Royale ». Born at Liège in 1870. Established himself at Liège in 1889 after a thorough training in the Maison Gand & Bernardel of Paris. The
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