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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1other copyist. Had he been allowed to copy the form of the old masters, as Lupot did, without imitating the actual wear of the instrument, we should have had a valuable addition to our stock of instruments of the Panormo class.
3FENDT, Francis, London. Fourth son of Bernard.
4FENDT, William, London, born 1833, died 1852. Son of Bernard Simon Fendt. Was an excellent workman, and assisted his father in the manufacture of several of his Double Basses.
6FERGUSON, Donald, Huntley, Aberdeenshire.
7FINDLAY, James, Padanaram.
8FIRTH, Leeds, 1836.
9FORSTER, William, born in 1713, died 1801.
11William Forster,
12Violin Maker,
13in Brampton.
15The family of the Forsters, of which the subject of this notice was the first as a maker of stringed instruments, have played no unimportant part in the history of Violins. The attention they commanded as makers both from artists and amateurs has probably never been equalled in England. Their instruments claimed attention from the moment they left the makers' hands, their construction being excellent in every way. William Forster was a native of Brampton, in Cumberland, where he followed the trade of a spinning-wheel maker, occupying his spare time in the making and repairing of Violins and musical instruments generally. His labours, as far as they relate to Violin-making, appear to have
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