Edinburgh School
James Garden
Edinburgh, b. 1849
Violinist. Made some good violins and a viola. Stradivarian modelling. Red varnish applied for him by James Hardie. Jas. Garden / Edin. 1887 — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
GARDEN, James Born 1849 Edinburgh, Scotland UK. Violinist. Made some good violins and a viola. Stradivarian modelling. Red varnish applied for him by James Hardie. Jas. Garden / Edin. 1887
William Meredith Morris+
An amateur, who has only made a few violins.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Ein vorzüglicher Geiger, der aus Liebhaberei einige Geigen und Violen
nach Stradivari gemacht hat. Er verwendet Whitelaws rothen »Amati-Lack«.
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