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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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11832, the firm being known as Purdy and Fendt. In June 1843 they also opened a house of business in Oxendon Street, Haymarket; and about 1850 both these places were closed, and the business concentrated in 74, Dean Street, Soho. Bernhard Simmon Fendt died 6th March, 1852, at 7, Smith Street, Brompton, and it is said he was interred in the burial-ground of Pentonville Chapel on the 12th of the same month, aged fifty-two years. A doubt arises if the burial-place be correct, although stated by a relative, as the son, who died in the same year as the parent, was buried at the Brompton Cemetery.
3Martin Fendt was the second son of the elder Bernhard Fendt, and was born in July 1812. He learned to make violins under the guidance of his father, and during the whole of his short life was employed by Arthur Betts, the brother of Old John Betts. Martin Fendt died in Bell Alley, Coleman Street, City, in July 1845, aged thirty-three, and is buried in a churchyard near to that locality, the name of which is not known. Jacob Fendt was the third son of the former Bernhard Fendt, and was born about 1815. He was instructed in violin-making by his eldest brother, and occasionally worked for W. Davis, of Coventry Street, having succeeded G. F. Lott at that establishment. He was also employed, at some other period, by Turner, the dealer in violins, whilst residing in the Poultry. Jacob Fendt died about October 1849, in Blue Anchor Court, Whitecross Street, Finsbury, and his age considered to be thirty-four or thirty-five years.
5The fourth son, Francis Fendt, was also instructed in violin-making by his eldest brother, and for some time continued to work for the firm (Purdy and Fendt). In 1856, he was residing in Liverpool, obtaining a very precarious subsistence. Whether he be alive now is
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