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

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The History of the Violin: And Other Instruments Played on with the Bow from the Remotest Times to the Present, Also, an Account of the Principal Makers, English and Foreign, with Numerous Illustrations, 1864

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1CHAPTER XXVI.
3HERE are many violins, tenors, violoncellos, and double-basses, having labels in them, as made by T. Dodd. This, however, is not correct, as he was not the maker of them; but he was the head of this musical business, therefore all the instruments had his name attached. Several of this family have been associated with violin-bow-making and covering of musical strings. The father of the above Thomas Dodd, named Edward, was born at Sheffield, but his occupation is not known. He died in 1810, at a house in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, and was buried at St. Bride's Church, in that locality, being of the great age of 105 years. Thomas Dodd was the third son of this Edward, and appears to have been either unsettled or unsuccessful in the various businesses he adopted for support. At first he was a brewer, and from 1786 to 1789 there is evidence he was a violin bow-maker, residing in Blue Bell Alley, Mint Street, Southwark. In or about 1798, he commenced as a dealer in and maker of violins in New Street, Covent Garden, the corner of Bedford Bury, and then employed a young man named Bernhard Fendt to make the various instruments; and in March of the same year John Frederick Lott was engaged to assist, although not educated in the art of making violins. More will be stated of these two persons presently. In 1809, T. Dodd left this abode and moved to 92, St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross, the corner of Cecil Court; and about

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