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 XX.
3ASTLEY, No. 9, Fleet Lane, 1785.
4BAINES, pupil of Matthew Furber.
5BARTON, GEORGE, Elliot Court, Old Bailey. Died about 1810.
7CARTER, JOHN, worked for John Betts, and respected by him. It is said his employer paid the expense of his funeral. Label used:—
9"J. Carter. Violin—Tennor & Bass Maker, Wych Street, Drury Lane London. 1787."
11CLARK, Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell, pupil of Matthew Furber.
12COLLIER, SAMUEL, musical instrument-maker, at Corelli's Head, on London Bridge, 1755.
13COLLINGWOOD, JOSEPH, at the Golden Spectacles, on London Bridge, 17—.
14CONWAY, WILLIAM, 1745.
15CROWTHER, JOHN, Haughton Street, Clare Market, about 1755. Worked occasionally for John Kennedy, as well as the music-houses. Died about 1810.
16DICKSON, JOHN, Cambridge, 1779.
17DICKINSON, EDWARD, 1754 and 1790. Printed label used:—

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