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The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, 1887
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1having supplied subject-matter for writers of fiction. It must, however, be said that whilst Dr. Schuler's "Jacob Stainer" is mainly pure fiction, "Jack of all Trades" is rightly entitled "a matter-of-fact romance." I have many times heard John Lott relate the chief incidents so graphically described by Charles Reade. He was certainly a man of singular ability, and his talents were strangely varied.
3MACINTOSH, Dublin. Succeeded Perry and Wilkinson. Died about 1840.
5MARSHALL, John, London, 1750.
6MARTIN, ——, London, about 1790.
7MEARES, Richard, about 1677. Maker of Viols.
8 Richard Meares, without Bishopsgate,
9 near to Sir Paul Pinder's, London. Fecit 1677.
11MIER, ——, London, about 1786.
12MORRISON, John, London, about 1780—1803.
13NAYLOR, Isaac, Headingly, near Leeds, about 1778—1792.
14NORBORN, John, London, about 1723.
15NORMAN, Barak, London, 1688—1740. The instruments of this maker are among the best of the Old English school. His instructor in the art of Viol and Violin-making is unknown, but judging from the character of his work it is very probable he learned from Thomas Urquhart. This opinion is strengthened upon examining his earliest instruments. We there find the same peculiarities which mark the individuality of Urquhart.
17Barak Norman
18and
19Nathaniel Cross,
20at the Bass Viol in St. Paul's Church Yard,
21London. Fecit 172—
23Later in life he leaned much to the model of Maggini.
24During his early years he was much esteemed as a maker of Viols, many of which have all the marks of careful work
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