Danvers

1 maker. The earliest year printed is 1853, the latest 1925.

Every maker here has Danvers in a printed line.

1800s

• 1853 to 1925 Goss, Walter Solon
  Walter Solon Goss was another Boston master violin maker. He was born in 1853 at Danvers, Massachusetts, and worked on violins from 1870 on. He established himself in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1896. After that he worked for a total of about twelve years as expert and supervisor of repairing for the firms of Elias Howe and Oliver Ditson Company, having his own shop for a while between his employment by these firms. Around 1911 he established himself in Boston at [address hidden], specializing in copies of Cremona instruments and fine repairing. He used to get about $250-$300 apiece for his instruments, 26 for he was one of the finest makers in the country. Later he had charge of the shop for the Musicians' Supply Company, and was with the Brown Music Store in Lynn when he died about 1925.

The books that name them

• 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

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