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Scan 46
John Askew, the Stanhope violin maker, 1914
4 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 28. See the scan on archive.org.
1see, mistress, ye have a fine fiddle here," he remarked to the woman of the house. "A fiddle!" she replied in astonishment, "There never was sic a thing in the house." "Oh yes, there is, but its well hidden; yet I want to buy it," answered Hardie. "If ye can find a fiddle in this house your welcome to it for nothing" answered the woman. Hardie, taking up the old board said—"Thank ye, mam, its inside this baking board and wearing to get out, so I'll take ye at your word. The breast o' her is here," and he shewed the old pailing slab. Next day he sent out a brand new baking board to the good wife, which highly delighted her, and in due time the hidden fiddle was cut from its covering, and proved to be one of his finest instruments."
3William Heaton of Gomersall, near Leeds, a well known violin maker who was born 1827, "the backs of the last six fiddles have been taken from a maple plank which was seasoned in the Gomersall Church Bell Tower and the instruments have been christened the "Tower" fiddles. Mr. Heaton has made one fiddle which he calls the "Gouge." It derives its name from the fact that it has been entirely finished, both inside and outside,
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