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Scan 94
John Askew, the Stanhope violin maker, 1914
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1a diploma and medal at the great International Exhibition, 1885, for the instrument I had from him, which I returned to him later in exchange for another, and from what I gathered from him, was, that he made the violin specially for the Exhibition, and no doubt completed it about that date to send there." Mr. Smith further suggests that the late Mr. Askew's friends might remember what became of this violin.
3It seems quite clear that this instrument, from which the above label had not been inserted, was the one bought in 1894 by Miss Hildyard, and is dated 1883.
5The writer is of opinion that the "Hildyard" instrument was sent to the Jubilee Exhibition, Newcastle, 1887, and was one of the two to which "first prize" was given.
7THE "VAN GELDEREN" ASKEW.
9This violin, dated 1884, is the pair to that of the "Hildyard." It was bought from Mr. Askew, in 1887, by Mr. J. A. Van Gelderen, Surgeon Dentist and Violinist, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, through Mr. Thomas Wood, band
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