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Antonio Gragnani
 Livorno, late 18th c.
 very good condition 
price and details on application

Very  fine violin modelled  after Sradivari by C.A.  Miremont  Paris 1882
great  example by  this maker.

Italian Violin by Pietro Grulli, Cremona,  1887

George Duncan, Glasgow 1887

T.E. Hesketh 1930

D. Salzard, Mirecourt  ca.1850

 Violas

Late 18th c. German Viola  391mm

Nigel Harris, Wells  1991
16 1/4"  413mm



Cellos



Lockey Hill school, late 18th c.

 Richard Tobin c. 1800

list  updated
February 2008
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Bows

Violin:

Francois Tourte violin bow frog
 
J.B. Vuillaume (made by FN Voirin) silver/ebony
Jas Tubbs  silver/ebony
W.E. Hill & Sons  silver/ebony      
Arthur Bultitude (gold/tortoiseshell, Tudor Rose)
 John Dodd  (open frog/pyke head)                                                               

Viola:
Dodd/ Tubbs
Nicolas Maline                                         Hawkes and Son
Praeger

Cello:
                                                                                     Dodd                                                                 Louis Gillet


                                                                                      

Over the years, we have sold a number of high quality early English instruments, especially 'cellos. These have included examples by: Banks, Betts, Craske, Duke, Furber, Dodd, Harris, Withers, Forster, Jay, Kennedy, Lockey Hill, Joseph Hill, Morrison, Gilkes, Fendt etc...