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    Amati > Makers Archive > G > James Glenday

    James Glenday

    Forfar, worked 1870

    Amateur maker. Pupil of James Findlay. Guarneri model. Small production and poor quality. — John Dilworth
    Worked Forfar
    Taught by James Findlay
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    Biographies

    The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

    John Dilworth+

    GLENDAY, James Worked circa. 1870 Padanarum, Forfar, Scotland UK. Amateur maker. Pupil of James Findlay. Guarneri model. Small production and poor quality.

    William Meredith Morris+

    Very indifferent work.

    Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

    Schüler von James Findlay und, wie sein Lehrer, seines Zeichens ein Weber.
    Er hat etwa zwei Dutzend Violinen gemacht, die aber nur von unbeholfener
    Arbeit sind.

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