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Scan 71
John Askew, the Stanhope violin maker, 1914
12 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 53. See the scan on archive.org.
1John Askew—Violin Maker.
3(Signed) Ravensworth, President.
5John Daglish, Chairman of the Executive Committe.
7V.R.
9Mr. John H. Wood, of Wood and Co., Military Band Instrument Makers, Newcastle-on-Tyne, son of Thomas Wood, who was professional band master to the Stanhope Saxhorn Band, says, in respect to the above Jubilee Exhibition, "my Father, the late Thomas Wood, was the means of Mr. Askew exhibiting a case of 4 violins of his make in the Industrial Section of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Jubilee Exhibition, 1887, and I believe was awarded a Diploma for same. I think the instruments exhibited were sold during the Exhibition to various purchasers. My Father thought a great deal of Mr. Askew's ability as a violin-maker, and was the means of selling several instruments for him (17th December, 1912)."
11The two prize violins at the London Inventions Exhibition, 1885, were evidently sent in 1886, to the shop or establishment of Mr. Wm. Crawford, Prof. of Music and dealer,
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