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T. Howell

Bristol, worked 1836

HOWELL, T. Worked circa. 1836 Bristol UK. Cornerless patent violin. Made by T. Howell / Inventor of the Improved / 18 (Patent) 36 / Violin, Tenor & Violoncello / Double-bass & Spanish Guitar / at his Manufactory and Music / Wharehouse, Bristol. [Hill Archive] — John Dilworth
Worked Bristol
Made Violin
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An experimental tenor violin by T. Howell, England, 1836 — front
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An experimental tenor violin by T. Howell, England, 1836. Sold by Amati. Measurements and detail photographs →

Instruments

Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£1,210

3 results

Type Details Auction house Sold Price
ViolinAn experimental tenor violin by T. Howell, England, 1836 Lot 47AmatiJune 2019£695est. £ 500-1,000
Violin31.0 cm Bristol, 1836, A Patent Violin—March 2008£575
Violin1835—June 1991£1,210

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

HOWELL, T. Worked circa. 1836 Bristol UK. Cornerless patent violin. Made by T. Howell / Inventor of the Improved / 18 (Patent) 36 / Violin, Tenor & Violoncello / Double-bass & Spanish Guitar / at his Manufactory and Music / Wharehouse, Bristol. [Hill Archive]

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Ein Engländer, der sich eine ganz unmögliche neue Form der Geige, die

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