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Richard Tobin (Irish: Risteárd Tóibín; 1766 – December 1847) was an Irish luthier and maker of violins, violas, cellos and pochettes. [2] Tobin's work was largely uncredited, often branded under the names of his employers and other shops that enlisted him for his sought-after workmanship. [1] As a luthier, he has been described as "a ...
Having played violins from many manufacturers, Henley sought to compile a comprehensive list evaluating violin and bow makers. After Henley's death in 1957, dealer Cyril Woodcock (1897–1980) [ 1 ] completed and published the work based on Henley's unfinished notes.
List of Indian violinists, list of Indian violinists including Carnatic and Hindustani; List of Persian violinists, names of famous Persian style violinists; List of electric violinists; List of fiddlers, fiddlers, all styles; List of female violinists, sortable list of female classical violinists, in chronological order of birth
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His passion for the violin started at an early age in the workshop of his grandfather Gudjon Halldorsson, a cabinet maker in Reykjavík, Iceland, where he began making musical instruments. He finished his studies at the Newark School of Violin Making [2] [3] in Great Britain with a diploma of distinction, under Maurice Bouette and Glen Collins ...
Heinicke developed into one of the main representatives of violin makers in Bohemia in the first half of the 20th century. [2] After his return in 1897, he set up his own workshop in Wildstein near Eger. Formal and decisive for his instruments were the old masters Stradivari and Amati, after whose models he made his own violins. Heinicke did an ...
The Art of Violin Playing, Daniel Melsa, Foulsham & Co. Ltd. Biographical Notice of Nicolo Paganini, by F.J. Fétis (c. 1880), Schott & Co. The Book of the Violin, edited by Dominic Gill (1984), Phaidon Press. ISBN 0-7148-2286-8; The Devil's Box-Masters of Southern Fiddling by Charles Wolfe (1997), Country Music Foundation Press. ISBN 0-8265-1324-7
Charles Mennégand (19 June 1822 – 9 January 1885) was a French luthier and a repairer of violins, violas, and cellos. He is considered a superb 19th century French maker of cellos and is consistently counted among the handful of great French makers. [1] [2]