Absam, Thomas--Adams--Addison, William--Aireton, Edmund; an excellent
copyist of Amati--Aldred--Askey, Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Baines--Baker--Ballantine--BANKS, BENJAMIN; the foremost English
maker, and termed "The English Amati;" high character of his work and
varnish--Banks, Benjamin (2)--Banks, James and Henry--Barnes,
Robert--Barrett, John; follower of Stainer; good quality of
work--Barton, George--Betts, John; pupil of Richard Duke--BETTS,
EDWARD; pupil of Duke, and an excellent copyist; high finish; Amati
model--Bolles--Booth, William--Booth--Boucher--Brown, James--Brown,
James (2)--Browne, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293-299
Cahusac--Carter, John--Challoner, Thomas--Cole, Thomas--Cole,
James--Collier, Samuel--Collier, Thomas--Collingwood, Joseph--Conway,
William--Corsby, George--Cramond, Charles--Crask, George--Cross,
Nathaniel--Crowther, John--Cuthbert; good quality of work . . 299-300
Davidson, Hay--Davis, Richard--Davis, William--Dearlove, Mark--Delany,
John; his peculiar label--Dennis, Jesse--Devereux, John--Dickinson,
Edward--Dickeson, John; excellent copyist of Amati--Ditton--DODD,
THOMAS; not a maker, but an employer of makers of highest class, and
especially famous for the high character of his varnish--Dodd, Thomas
(2)--Dorant, William--DUKE, RICHARD; his name a "household word" with
English Violinists; high character of his real work, but frequently
and badly counterfeited; his models both Amatese and Stainer--Duke,
Richard (2)--Duncan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300-305
Eglington--Evans, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
FENDT, BERNARD; a born Fiddle-maker; a fellow workman with John F.
Lott; his instruments copies of Amati, bearing the labels of Thomas
Dodd or John Betts, and highly valued--FENDT, BERNARD SIMON; good
work, but sometimes artificially "matured;" his Violins, Tenors,
Violoncellos, and Double-Basses; follower of the Guarneri and Gasparo
da Salo models; his quartett of instruments in the London Exhibition
of 1851--Fendt, Martin--Fendt, Jacob; his work finely finished;
skilful copies of Stradivari, but artificially and cleverly
"aged"--Fendt, Francis--Fendt, William--Ferguson,
Donald--Firth--Forster, W.--Forster, William (i.); spinning-wheel and
Violin-maker--FORSTER, WILLIAM (ii.); also a maker of spinning-wheels
and Violins, and amateur Fiddler; an excellent copyist of Stainer and
of the Amati models; high character of his work and varnish; his
Double-Basses for the Band of George the Third; his instruments highly
valued by Robert Lindley--FORSTER, WILLIAM (iii.); excellent
work--Forster, William (iv.)--Forster, Simon
Andrew--Frankland--Furber, John--Furber, Henry John . . . . . 305-313
Gibbs, James--GILKES, SAMUEL; a thorough artist, and pupil of William
Forster--Gilkes, William--Gough, Walter . . . . . . . . . . . 313-314
Harbour--Hardie, Matthew; Scotland's best maker--Hardie, Thomas--Hare,
John--Hare, Joseph--HARRIS, CHARLES; genuine character of work, of
Amati and Stradivari type; exquisite finish and good varnish--Harris,
Charles (2)--HART, JOHN THOMAS; pupil of Samuel Gilkes; specially
known as connoisseur, collector, and dealer--Heesom, Edward--Hill,
Joseph--Hill, William--Hill, Joseph--Hill, Lockey--Hill, William
Ebsworth--Holloway, J.--Hume, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . 314-318
Jay, Henry; Viol-maker--Jay, Thomas--Jay, Henry; maker of
Kits--Johnson, John; music-seller and dealer; referred to by Dibdin in
his Autobiography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318-320
Kennedy, Alexander--Kennedy, John--Kennedy, Thomas . . . . . . . . 320
Lentz, Johann Nicolaus--Lewis, Edward--Longman and Broderip;
music-sellers and publishers--LOTT, JOHN FREDERICK; a finished
workman, employed by Thomas Dodd; splendid character of his work; the
"King of English Double-Bass makers"--Lott, George Frederick--Lott,
John Frederick; his chequered career, and Charles Reade's novel
thereon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320-322
Macintosh--Marshall, John--Martin--Mayson, W.--Meares,
Richard--Mier--Morrison, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322-323
Naylor, Isaac--Norborn, John--NORMAN, BARAK; probably a pupil of
Urquhart; follower of Maggini; excellent quality of his Violoncellos
and Tenors; his partnership with Nathaniel Cross--Norris, John 323-325
Pamphilon, Edward--Panormo, Vincent--Panormo, Joseph; excellent
character of work--Panormo, George Lewis--Panormo, Louis--Parker,
Daniel--Pearce, James--Pemberton, Edward--Perry and
Wilkinson--Powell--Preston, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325-327
Rawlins, Henry--Rayman, Jacob; founder of Violin-making in
England--Richards, Edwin--Rook, Joseph--Rosse (or Ross), John--Ross,
John (2); good character of work and varnish . . . . . . . . . 327-328
Shaw--Simpson--Smith, Henry--Smith, Thomas--Smith, William . . . . 328
Tarr, W.--Taylor--Thompson--Thorowgood, Henry--Tilley, Thomas--Tobin,
Richard--Tobin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328-329
Urquhart; excellent character of his work . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Valentine, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Wamsley, Peter; superior character of his work--Wise,
Christopher--Withers, Edward--Withers, Edward (2) . . . . . . 329-330
Young, father and son, and Purcell's Catch . . . . . . . . . . . . 330