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

Scan 346

Dictionary of Violin makers, 1928

89 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 256. 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.

1George Clough
2Blackburn 1926
3MADE FOR George Pilkington Esq
5George Clough one of two readings
6Blackburn 1926 one of two readings
7MADE FOR John Emmett Esq one of two readings
9Made by M Somny one of two readings
10Hannell London 1925 one of two readings
12Hannibal Fagnola fecit one of two readings
13Taurini anno Domini 1925 one of two readings
15ETTORE SOFFRITTI one of two readings
16Premiato con Medaglie d'oro one of two readings
17figlio ed allievo del Luigi one of two readings
18Fece in Ferrara l'Anno 19 one of two readings
20Hector Soffriti filius Aloysj one of two readings
21fecit Ferrariae An. Dom. one of two readings
22(no line here) one of two readings
241925
25GEORGE CLOUGH,
26VIOLIN MAKER,
27BLACKBURN.
28Rigby Esq
30(no line here) one of two readings
31497 one of two readings
33503 one of two readings
35George Clough one of two readings
36Blackburn 1926 one of two readings
37MADE FOR John Emmett Esq. one of two readings
391924
40GEORGE CLOUGH,
41VIOLIN MAKER,
42BLACKBURN.
43J J Abbott Esq
45(no line here) one of two readings
46498 one of two readings
48504 one of two readings
50Made by one of two readings
51M Somny one of two readings
52Hannell one of two readings
53London 1925 one of two readings
55Frederick S. Angell,
56MAKER, BRISTOL.
57F Angell June 1926
58(no line here) one of two readings
60499 one of two readings
62505 one of two readings
64Hannibal Fagnola fecit one of two readings
65Taurini anno Domini 1925 one of two readings
67500 one of two readings
69ETTORE SOFFRITTI one of two readings
70Premiato con Medaglie d'oro one of two readings
71figlio ed allievo del Luigi one of two readings
72Fece in Ferrara l' Anno 19 one of two readings
74501 one of two readings
76ETTORE SOFFRITTI
77Premiato con Medaglie d'oro
78Vincitore del Concorso indetto dalla
79Regia Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Roma 1923
80Fece in Ferrara l'anno 192 one of two readings
81Fece in Ferrara l' anno 192 one of two readings
83502 one of two readings
85506 one of two readings
87Hector Soffriti filius Aloysj one of two readings
88fecit Ferrariae An. Dom. one of two readings

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