Alexadner Kennedy

London, worked 1910–1924

Personal model with yellow varnish. A. Kennedy / Maker / Wallsend, 19.. — John Dilworth

Worked London

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

KENNEDY, Alexander Worked circa. 1910-1924 Wallsend, Tyne & Wear UK. Personal model with yellow varnish. A. Kennedy / Maker / Wallsend, 19..

George Hart+

Was a native of Scotland. He was the first maker of Violins in his family, which was connected with the manufacture for nearly two centuries. Alexander Kennedy, Musical Instrument Maker, living in Market Street, in Oxford Road, London, 17—

William Meredith Morris+

Very fair work on the Stainer model. Label : —

ALEXANDER KENNEDY, MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, LIVING IN MARKET STREET, IN OXFORD ROAD, LONDON, 1740

Cecie Stainer+

b. in Scotland about 1695 ; d. in London, 1785. Was the first maker of this family. He followed the Stainer pattern, and gained a great reputation in England for his beautiful violins (no other instruments of his are known); the work, both of the interior and exterior, was good and neatly finished, and the purfling well done ; the spirit varnish was of a brownish-yellow colour.
Label : “Alexander Kennedy, musical instrument maker, living in Market Street, in Oxford Road, London, 1749.” A violin is dated 1743.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Der Begründer des Rufs der Familie Kennedy. Er hat ausschliesslich Violinen gemacht, die dem Stainermodell nachgeahmt erscheinen. Sein Spirituslack ist von braungelber Farbe.

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