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The Violin: Its Famous Makers and their Imitators, 1875
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1ENGLISH MAKERS.
3JOHNSON, John, London, 1750. His Violins are dated from Cheapside.
5Made and Sold by John Johnson,
6at the Harp and Crown, in Cheapside,
717 London. 53.
9KENNEDY, Alexander, London, 1700—1786.
10Was a native of Scotland. He was the first maker of Violins in his family, which became rather famous in the manufacture, and lasted nearly two centuries.
12Alexander Kennedy, Musical Instrument Maker, living in Market Street, in Oxford Road, London. 17—
14KENNEDY, John, London, born, 1730; died, 1816.
15Nephew of Alexander Kennedy. Made Violins and Tenors.
17KENNEDY, Thomas, London, born, 1784; died about 1870. Son of the above. This maker made probably more instruments than any two English makers that could be mentioned, if we except that prolific workman Craske.
19LENTZ, Johann Nicolaus, London, 1803. He used mostly one kind of wood, viz., close grained maple. Varnish nearly opaque.
21Johann Nicolaus Lentz, fecit
22near the Church, Chelsea. 1803.
24LEWIS, Edward, London, 1700. The work is well executed throughout, and the varnish very superior.
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