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Scan 116
John Askew, the Stanhope violin maker, 1914
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 86. See the scan on archive.org.
1by George Duncan, Glasgow," with the year. His instruments were models of the two great makers—Stradivari and Guarneri. Morris says that Duncan was a born artist,
3PEARCE, WILLIAM ROBERT, b. 1833, d. 1897. A maker and repairer in London. Used a brilliant amber-coloured oil varnish. Awarded medals 1884 and 1855."—Stainer's Dic. of Violin-Makers.
5SPRENGER, ANTON.—Stainer gives the following: "b. 1834, Mittenwald. Was there a pupil of Anton Hornsteiner, later worked under Tiefenbrunner of Munich, and Kindl and also Fischer in Vienna. In 1870 he settled at Stuttgart, at 23, Hospitalstrasse. He made violins and violoncellos on the Stradivari and Guarneri patterns, using oil varnish of good quality. Died 1900." Probably the same as in the above list of Awards, 1885.
7BELA, SZEPESSY, b. November 30, 1856, Budapest. Apprenticed to Samuel Nemessany in Budapest, from August, 1868, till May 24, 1874, Then went to Vienna and worked under Zach till October 20, 1879. Was then in Munich, but left 1881, to settle in London, where he has his own business. He has
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