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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1struments are excellent, and should unquestionably be more valued than they are. John Furber made several Violins of the grand Amati pattern, and also copied with much ability the "Betts" Stradivari, when the instrument belonged to Messrs. Betts in the Royal Exchange, for whom he worked.
3FURBER, Henry John, son of John Furber, now living in Grafton Street. He has made several excellent instruments, and maintained the character for good workmanship which has been associated with the name of Furber for upwards of a century.
5GIBBS, James. Worked for Samuel Gilkes and others.
7GILKES, Samuel, London, born in 1787, died in 1827. Was born at Morton Pinkney, in Northamptonshire. He became an apprentice of Charles Harris, whose style he followed with much success. Upon leaving Harris he engaged himself to William Forster, making many instruments for him, retaining, however, all the features of the style of Harris. In the year 1810 he left the workshop of Forster, and commenced business on his own account in James Street, Buckingham Gate, where the few
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