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The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, 1887
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1tained an extensive acquaintance in that direction. His unerring eye and powerful memory of instruments once brought under his notice secured for him the highest position among the connoisseurs of his time. Commencing business at a period when the desire to possess instruments by the famous Italian makers was becoming general among amateurs, and being peculiarly fortunate in securing an early reputation as a judge of them, he became the channel through which the greater part of the rare Italian works passed into England, and it has frequently been said that there are very few distinguished instruments in Europe with which he was unacquainted. Among the remarkable collections that he brought together may be mentioned that of the late Mr. James Goding, the remnant of which was dispersed by Messrs. Christie and Manson in 1857; the small but exquisite collection of Mr. Charles Plowden, consisting of four Violins of Stradivari and four of Guarneri, with other instruments of less merit, the whole of which again passed into Mr. Hart's possession upon the death of their owner; and, lastly, a large portion of the well-known collection of the late Mr. Joseph Gillot, sold by Christie and Manson shortly after the famous sale of pictures belonging to the same collector.
3HAYNES, Jacob, London, 1746. Copied Stainer. The style resembles that of Barrett.
5HEESOM, Edward, London, 1748. Copied Stainer.
7HILL, Joseph, London. Pupil of Peter Wamsley. His Violoncellos and Tenors are well-made instruments.
9Joseph Hill, Maker,
10at the Harp and Flute,
11in the Hay Market.
12London.
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