Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Scan 355

Critical & Documentary Dictionary of Violin Makers Old and Modern, 1928

51 lines. Read by computer on 5 October 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.

A town on its own line is one of the directory's headings. That is where the town on a maker's page comes from.

1John A. Gould
2Boston, Mass.
4Orin A. Gould
52nd Son of John A. Gould
643 West St.
7Boston, Mass.
8No. one of two readings
9No. 1 one of two readings
10Anno 19
12MADE BY
13RUDOLF OLSEN
14Violin & Bow Maker
15651 Third Avenue
16New York City
17Anno 1915.
19RUDOLF OLSEN
20Violin & Bow Maker
21651 Third Avenue
22New York City
23Anno 1914.
25Ronald A. Gould
26BOSTON, MASS. 19
28G. HENNING
292424 Gaylord St., Denver, Colo.
301926
32H. Bentin
33New Orleans, F. A. 192
35MADE BY
36J. H. DAVIGNON
37No. 633
38Montreal, June 1919
40Willebald Stenger
41Chicago.
43Luther D. Heiges
44MADE BY
45ARTIST GRADE VIOLINS
46BALTIMORE, MD.
471925.
49Willebald Leonhard Stenger
50Chicago.

The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.