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John Askew, the Stanhope violin maker, 1914
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1PREFACE.
3The writer of this little book is of the opinion that any person shewing special skill, perseverance, and ability in any branch of craft industry, demands a biographer to preserve and hand down to posterity his life-picture, to show that he was worthy of his native place and of his country, if only in a small way. This has been the object of the author in gathering together the particulars set forth in the following pages. Mr. John Askew, in the whirl of his eventful career, found his idea—violin-making—and under many difficulties faithfully and successfully pursued it inasmuch as he was awarded diplomas at exhibitions for his own work and thus to some extent realised the "dream of his life." To weave into the life-story some historical matter relating to the beautiful instrument, the violin, it has been necessary to consult well known works, especially to the following has the author been greatly indebted—Antonio Stradivari, by W. Henry Hill, Arthur F. Hill, F.S.A., and Alfred E. Hill, 1909. British Violin-Makers, by Rev. W. Meredith Morris, B.A. 1904. Old Violins, by H. R. Haweis 1910. The Violin: its Famous Makers and their Imitators, by George Hart, 1909. The Violin and its Story, by Hyacinth Abele, Trans. by Geoffrey Alwyn, 1905. The Scottish Violin-Makers, by Wm. C. Honeyman, 1910, and Novello's Dictionary of Musicians, and Dictionary of Violin-Makers, The author's thanks are due to Mrs. Albert McCallum, daughter of the late Mr. John Askew for the loan of Bronze Medal, Diplomas and letters; many friends who knew the Stanhope Violin-Maker have willingly contributed information as mentioned in the following pages.
5W. M. EGGLESTONE.
7Stanhope, Co. Durham, 1914.
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