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Scan 86
The violin : how to choose one, 1893
16 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 82. See the scan on archive.org.
1AN ALPHABETICAL LIST
2OF
3LIVING BRITISH VIOLIN MAKERS
4WHO USE OIL VARNISH.
6(The author will be glad to receive the names of any skilled British violin makers, using oil varnish, with brief particulars as to models, varnish, and colour of varnish, and a copy of their tickets, for insertion in future editions of this work.)
8ATKINSON, William, 13 Church Road, Tottenham, London, N. Model, original. Varnish, yellow, orange, red and reddish-brown. Ticket, lithographed in large semi-writing characters—
10William Atkinson
11in Tottenham 1893.
13BROOKFIELD, Edward, and Son, 1 Railway Street, Southport. Models, Guarnerius and Stradivarius. Varnish, White-law's; colours, yellow and orange-red. Also makers and restorers of violin bows. Ticket, hand-written—
15Edward Brookfield.
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