Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Scan 50

The Violinist's Guide (1916), 1916

23 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 45. See the scan on archive.org.

A town on its own line is one of the directory's headings. That is where the town on a maker's page comes from.

1Lyon & Healy
2CHICAGO
3Established 1864
5Rare Old Violins and Modern Violins of the Better Grades
7Specialties
9Old Violin Collection comprising many world masterpieces, also good Dependable Instruments, for Concert and Business use $75.00 and up.
11Lyon & Healy Violin, Broad Stradivarius pattern, flexible tone, $150.00.
13Lyon & Healy Cremonatone Violins and Maestro $60.00 to $150.00.
15Hill & Sons, London, Violins unsurpassed in tone, ship and material, $300.00, $400.00, $500.00.
17by Hill & Sons, Van der Meer, Sartory, Pfretzchner, Nuernberger, etc.
19Write for your New Catalog of modern Violins, or our Catalog of Rare old Violins. Either sent on request.
21Lyon & Healy
22CHICAGO

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