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the history of the violin, 1864
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1account-books now in existence is on the 14th November, 1773:—
31773. Violin—Mr. Cole. Tenor—Mr. Mainstone.
51774. Violins—Mr. Crosdill; Mr. Hay; Mr. Stone. Tenor—Mr. Stone, of Okehampton. Violoncellos—Mr. Ritchards; Col'. Hamilton.
71775. Violins—Mr. Minehouse, Clare Hall, Cambridge; Mr. Hawkes, Steiner copy. Tenor—The Rev. Mr. Waller.
91776. Violin—Mr. Hackwood. Violoncello—Mr. Skardon.
111777. Tenor—The Rev'd. Mr. North.
131778. Double Bass—The Rev'd. Mr. Hodgson.
151779. The account-books are lost or destroyed.
171780. Tenor—G. M. Molineux, Esq're. Violoncello—The Rev'd. Mr. Hodgson.
191781. Tenor—Mr. Hawkes.
211782. Kits—Mr. Bishop (three). Violins—Mr. G. Burchell, Musician, Manchester; Mr. Mainstone, Attorney, Essex St. Strand; Mr. Edmund Lee, Dublin (three); Mr. A. Foster, Whitehaven, Cumberland (four); Tenor—Mr. Edmund Lee, Dublin. Violoncellos—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales (two).
231783. Violins—Mr. Jones (two); Colonel Edgerton; Mr. Sykes; Dr. Pollock; Mr. Wilson, Kensington. Tenors—Mr. Cheere; Mr. Borghi. Violoncellos—Mr. Ashley; Mr. Gray, Marsham Street, Westminster; Rev'd. J. G. Honnington, Eaton; Mr. Hole, Jesus College, Cambridge; Mr. Cervetto; Mr. G. Lewis, Moss Hills, Leominster, Herefordshire.
251784. Kits—Mr. Bishop. Violins—Mr. Ware; Mr. Cousins (two); Mr. Johnston; Mrs. Gibbs; Mr. Emly, at Mr. Gilbert's, Bodmin, Cornwall. Tenors—Captain Armstrong; Rev'd. Mr. Rokeby; Mr. Ayres, Woolwich.
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