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John Askew, the Stanhope violin maker, 1914
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1had made 733 instruments. On the backs of many of his fiddles he carved rocky landscapes, flowers, etc. He won medals at Cork, 1883; Inventions Exhibition, London, 1885; Melbourne, 1888. His prices are from £10 up to £60.
3Whitmarch, Emmanuel.—The name appears in Morris's Dictionary, but it is not clear that he is the same person as in the Gazette list.
5As there are a number of books and dictionaries on violins and violin-makers, it is not necessary to mention other members of the craft or their works in this chapter, except one violin-maker and author, namely, Mr. Edward Heron-Allen, must have a place.
7In 1893, Mr. Heron-Allen refused Mr. P. W. Pickup's offer of £2,000 for his splendid library of books and pamphlets on Fiddles and Fiddle-makers. He was born in London in 1861, was educated at Harrow, and very soon began fiddle-making, and then published his book "Violin Making, as it Was and Is."
9The Rev. Meredith Morris, in his book on "British Violin Makers," 1904, says:—Mr. Heron-Allen has ceased to make fiddles,
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