Northampton

5 makers. The earliest year printed is 1610, the latest 1912.

Every maker here has Northampton in a printed line.

1600s

• 1610 York, Gillis
  York, Gillis. — Northampton. 1610

1700s

• 1770 to 1780 Corsby
  CORSBY — Northampton circa 1770. Has made 'cellos chiefly. A maker of the same name worked in London about 1790, and may be the same person.
• 1780 Corsby, Northampton
  CORSBY, Northampton, 1780. Chiefly made Double-Basses.

1800s

• born 1860 Wickes, Milton O.
  m.d. — Northampton, Mass. American maker, repairer, importer and dealer in old and new violins, bows, strings and accessories. Patentee of the Wickes chin rest. Born in Rhode Island, 1860. Follows various models. Prior to 1904 associated in business with Andrew Hyde, of Northampton.

1900s

• 1912 Hawes, William
  Hawes, William. — Northampton. 1912

The books that name them

• Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922
• The Violin: Its Famous Makers and their Imitators, 1875
• Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell, 1928
• The Violinist's Guide (1916), 1916

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