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

Scan 354

Dictionnaire des luthiers anciens et modernes, critique et documentaire — Tome additif (supplement), 1929

58 lines. Read by computer on 6 October 2026. 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.

1george Clough
2Blackburn 1926
3MADE FOR George Pilkington Esq
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6GEORGE CLOUGH,
7VIOLIN MAKER,
8BLACKBURN.
9H Rigby Esq
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14george Clough
15Blackburn 1926
16MADE FOR John Emmett Esq.
181924
19GEORGE CLOUGH,
20VIOLIN MAKER,
21BLACKBURN.
22J J Abbott Esq
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27Made by
28M Sommy
29Hamill London 1925
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34Hannibal Fagnola fecit
35Taurini anno Domini 1925
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39ETTORE SOFFRITTI
40Premiato con Medaglie d'oro
41figlio ed allievo del Luigi
42Fece in Ferrara l'Anno 19
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46Hector Soffriti filius Aloysj
47fecit Ferrariæ An. Dom.
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51ETTORE SOFFRITTI
52Premiato con Medaglie d'oro
53Vincitore del Concorso indetto dalla
54Regia Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Roma 1923
55Fece in Ferrara l'anno 192
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The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.