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Scan 287
the history of the violin, 1864
28 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. Printed page 265. See the scan on archive.org.
1following are printed on a narrow slip, and the last figures on each are also added with a pen:—
3"made by Peter Wamsley at the Harp and Hautboy in Pickadilly 1735."
5Also—
7"made by Peter Wamsley at the Harp and Hautboy in Pickadilly London. 1737."
9The next printed label is very small, with plain black lines as a border to it:—
11"Peter Wamsley
12Maker at the Harp
13& Hautboy in Picaddilly
1417 London 51."
16There can be but little doubt that Henry Jay was a descendant of the one previously named in the latter part of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth centuries, but there is no proof that it be so, although the style of work almost justifies the assertion. He was a good and neat workman, and was celebrated for the kits he made for the use of dancing-masters, each one realizing five or six pounds. The varnish was of red colour, with a brownish hue. The labels he used were chiefly written, but some are printed:—
18"Made by Henry Jay
19in Long Acre. London. 1746."
21Where it appears he resided for twenty-two years; then the following printed label was adopted, the two last figures put in with a pen:—
23"Made by Henry Jay in
24Wind-Mill Street, near
25Piccadilly. London. 1768."
27If the surmises regarding this family of Jay be correct, they will have held a prominent place as makers of lutes,
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