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John J. Hawkins

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John Dilworth

HAWKINS, John J. Worked circa. 1800, London UK. Devised a patent violin lacking sides or back, the soundpost supported by a single rib running under the belly. Claims that he had converted a genuine Stradivari to this form are hopefully exaggerated.

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