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Scan 299
the history of the violin, 1864
17 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. Printed page 277. See the scan on archive.org.
1plain line border. The label which follows is taken from Hill's MSS. :—
3 "Johannes Marshall (in vico novo juxta Covensam hortum) Londini. fecit 1757."
5And this is a written label in our own collection :—
7 "Marshall. London 1759."
9On this last he makes known—
11 "Good Beef 1d A pound
12 But trades all very Bad."
14Martin, ——, was living at Hermitage Bridge, Wapping, in the years 1790 and 1794.
16Merlin, Joseph, appears to have possessed a mental development for invention, with mechanical skill, which powers were exerted to produce many articles, both musical and otherwise, and were exhibited at his museum in Princes Street, Hanover Square. In Madame D'Arblay's "Diary and Letters," vol. ii., p. 432, she states—"He invented many ingenious objects, some of which were of real utility, but most were mere playthings, or objects of curiosity. He was at one period of his career quite 'the rage' in London, where everything à la Merlin—Merlin chairs, Merlin pianos, Merlin swings, &c.;" also, it may be added, Merlin fiddles, and Merlin's mechanical pegs for violins and violoncellos. Frequent mention is made of him in the second volume of this Diary, with statements of sayings and actions, which shows she considered him a vain, conceited person. The violins he made were of the high model, similar to Steiner; the work was good, but the tone was of the usual quality of high-built instruments. The printed label he used was an oval to enclose the name and his ambition, with the direction written underneath. Here
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