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the history of the violin, 1864
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1TARR, —, of Manchester, was formerly a cabinet maker, then a fiddle maker; and in 1855 took to photography. It is said he excelled with his double-basses.
3TOBIN, RICHARD. See Perry and Wilkinson.
5TURNER, JOHN ALVEY, of 19, Poultry, City, and latterly of Cornhill. He was only a dealer, and died in February, 1862.
7WITHERS, EDWARD, can only be considered as the dealer, and purchased the business of William Davis in December, 1846, first employing Charles Maucotel as a workman, then Boullangier, both of whom have left him and commenced on their own account. The business is still carried on by Edward Withers, in Coventry Street, Haymarket, where in 1851-2 was introduced an American alteration in the mode of making violins, violoncellos, &c., known as Wm. B. Tilton's Patent, which consisted of bevelling the blocks at each end of the instrument that both vibrating plates should be more free, and the required support was given by letting in a bar of wood into the blocks the whole length of the instrument. Although in some few instances an improvement was perceptible, yet it may be considered a failure, and is now laid aside.
9WILKINSON, WILLIAM. See Perry and Wilkinson.
11NAMES OF FOREIGNERS THAT HAVE LOCATED IN ENGLAND AS VIOLIN MAKERS.
13PANORMO, VINCENT, who is generally alluded to as Old Panormo, was born on the 30th November, 1734, in a village named Monreale, a few miles from Palermo, in Sicily. He was endowed with much mechanical ability, and, unassisted, from sixteen years of age took delight in making various descriptions of musical instru-
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