Joseph (I) Hare

John Dilworth

HARE, Joseph (I) Worked circa. 1700-1733 London UK. Son of John Hare, above. Apprenticed in the Draper’s Company 1714-1721 and recorded as a ‘book, music and instrument maker’. His mother, Elizabeth, above, took over the management of the family business in 1725, but Joseph’s earliest label is dated 1726 at ‘The Viol & Flute’. In 1728 he moved to the ‘Viol & Hautboy’, Birchin’s Lane, Cornhill, an address formerly the business of Alexander Livingstone, whose label is occasionally found in viols, and subsequently of Richard Meares II, from whom Hare purchased it. Surviving work is very similar to that of his father, John. Joseph Hare at ye Viol and Flute / near the, Royal Exchange / in Cornhill, London. 1726 Joseph Hare at ye Golden Viol / in St. Paul’s Churchyard, London John Hare at ye Viol and Flute near the Royal Exchange / in Cornhill, London / 1704 [BVMA]

George Hart

Probably a son of John Hare, above-mentioned. Varnish of excellent quality.

William Meredith Morris

He made some splendid instruments on the lines of Stradivari, the varnish being of excellent quality. Label : —

JOSEPH HARE, AT YE VIOL AND FLUTE, NEAR THE ROYAL EXCHANGE, IN CORNHILL, LONDON, 1728

Cecie Stainer

A maker in London about 1700-30. He made the innovation of following the pattern of Stradivari, instead of that of Stainer as his contemporaries did ; he also used a rich red varnish, of very good quality, more transparent than that generally used by English makers. Is said to have been in partnership with Freeman.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

Von ihm sind bisher nur wenige Geigen bekannt. Er ist jedoch nach Sandys
& Forster der erste Engländer, der ein flaches Modell anwendete, auch sein
Lack von leuchtender rother Farbe ist vorzüglich. Er war jedenfalls ein besonders
begabter Mann, der seiner Zeit nur nicht durchdrang, da in England lange das
Stainermodell allein in Ansehen stand. Er soll eine Zeit lang mit Freeman zusammen
gearbeitet haben.