Chelsea

4 makers. The earliest year printed is 1800, the latest 1924.

Every maker here has Chelsea in a printed line.

1800s

• about 1800 Lentz, Johann Nicholaus
  Lentz (Lenz), Johann Nicolaus. A German who came from the Tyrol to London; was a friend of Bernhard Fendt, and thus probably gained some knowledge of violin making. He began his own business in Chelsea abo…

1900s

• listed 1916 Anderberg, Ernest A
  " Ernest A violin maker 8 Bosworth h at Chelsea
• 1919 C. Saladino & Sons
  Chelsea, Mass., from 1919. “Established in 1919 and manufactured musical strings for stringed instruments until about 1935. Now they are making only strings for sport use. Starting with the raw materials they check their strings at each important point and test their finished strings continually. They ship abroad as well as to all parts of the United States.”
• listed 1924 Saladino & Sons
  stg. 560 Washington Ave., Chelsea, Mass. Italian Musician Gut and Wound Strings.

The books that name them

• The Boston Directory, 1916 (Sampson & Murdock Co.), vol. 1 of 2 — eleven alphabetical leaves, 1916
• Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, Ayars, 1937
• A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer
• The Violinist's Guide (1924 edition), pp. 49–50 — the Roberts, Robinson and Rothammer entries, 1924

Some names appear twice under different spellings. Each is one book's spelling.