Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Scan 54

Masterpieces of the Great Violin Makers, 1917

16 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.

1TOURTE
3VIOLONCELLO BOWS
562. Francois Tourte. Paris.
6Gold mounting, tortoise shell frog. Octagon.
7Formerly property of Davidoff.*
9Sold 63. Francois Tourte. Paris.
10Silver mounted, octagon.
12200. Francois Tourte. Paris.
13Silver mounted, octagon repaired by J. Tubbs, London.
15*Carl Davidoff, most celebrated violoncellist, born at Goldingen 1838, died at Moscow 1889. Solo 'cellist of the Imperial Russian Orchestra, director of the Imperial Conservatory of Petrograd, conductor of Russian Musical Society.

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