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Scan 114
John Askew, the Stanhope violin maker, 1914
16 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 84. See the scan on archive.org.
1"Do you think the violin you are making is going to be a good one?
3"Yes, I almost think it will be as good as the medal one" (Askew was making a violin at this time which he was anxious I should buy. It was a nice instrument. I had it to try, but did not consider it equal to the one I already had. It was the last he made." G.I.H.
5The owner writing in 1913 says, I have a violin made by Askew, and it is in perfect condition and dated inside 1895.
7Chapter VII.
9THE LONDON GAZETTE.
11The LONDON GAZETTE, No. 25526, p. 5073.
13The following entries are copied from the "Supplement to the London Gazette," of Tuesday the 3rd, of November (published by authority), Wednesday, November 4th, 1885.
15International Inventions Exhibition, London, 1885, Jury Awards in Division II. (Music) and "Old London Exhibits."
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