London School
John Marshall
London, d. 1764
1750, died 1764 London UK. Established in New Street, Covent Garden, possibly the successor to Benjamin Cooke whose instrument making and music publishing business was the ‘Golden Harp’ at that address until shortly after 1745. Very fine workmanship on the Stainer model; superior to most other Londo\u{2026} — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
MARSHALL, John Worked from c.1750, died 1764 London UK. Established in New Street, Covent Garden, possibly the successor to Benjamin Cooke whose instrument making and music publishing business was the ‘Golden Harp’ at that address until shortly after 1745. Very fine workmanship on the Stainer model; superior to most other London trade work of the period with no features unduly exaggerated. Fine dark golden-brown varnish. Many instruments relabelled as Florentine. One label recorded with the added inscription ‘Good beef a penny a pound, but trades all very bad’. Marshall. London. 1759 Johannes Marshall / Londini. Fecit 1750 Johannes Marshall / in vico novo juxta Covensam Hortum / Londini. fecit 1757 [BVMA]
Cecie Stainer+
A maker in London about 1750-60. A mandoline of his was dated 1758. He followed the Stainer pattern, and his work was good.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Ein Zeitgenosse von Thomas Smith, aber geschickter als dieser. Er ahmte
das Stainer-Modell nach, machte auch gute Lauten und Mandolinen und war,
den Bemerkungen nach zu urtheilen, die man manchmal auf seinen Zetteln geschrieben
findet, ein Mann von humoristischen Anlagen (z. B. »Good Beef 1 ?.
A pound But trades all very Bad«).
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