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

Scan 5

Hamilton's universal tune-book : a collection of the melodies of all nations, adapted for violin, flute, clarinet, etc., 1853

23 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 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.

1HAMILTON'S
2UNIVERSAL TUNE-BOOK;
3A COLLECTION OF THE
4MELODIES OF ALL NATIONS,
5ADAPTED FOR
6VIOLIN, FLUTE, CLARIONET, ETC.
8EDITED BY JAMES MASON.
10Not harsh and crabbed, . . . . . .
11But musical as is Apollo's lute,
12And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets,
13Where no crude surfeit reigns.—Comus.
15VOL. I.
17GLASGOW:
18W. HAMILTON, MUSIC PRINTER & PUBLISHER, RENFIELD STREET
19J. MENZIES, N. BOWACK, AND OLIVER & BOYD, EDINBURGH;
20AND SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & Co., LONDON.
221853.

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