Andrew Hyde
Northampton, 1842–1923
Musician and mechanic. Active violin and bow maker from 1886 in Northampton. Previously worked for Thomas Edison. Prolific maker credited with over 1,200 Stradivari model violins, violas, and cellos. Tourte model bows. Made some instruments for John C. Haynes. — John Dilworth
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| Type | Details | Auction house | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | Labelled Made for the World's Fair Columbian Exposition by Andrew Hyde Northampton, Mass No. ... Lot 63 | Tarisio | June 2023 | £6,271est. $ 3,000-5,000 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label Lot 208 | Skinners | November 2013 | £222est. $ 600-800 |
| Violin | Bearing the maker's label Lot 123 | Skinners | October 2012 | £521est. $ 800-1,000 |
| Violin | 35.8 cm Northampton, 1896 | — | January 2010 | £1,116 |
| Violin | 35.2 cm Northampton, 1889 | — | January 2010 | £1,487 |
| Violin | Northampton, 1892 | — | January 2004 | £1,272 |
| Violin | 1880 | — | January 2004 | £431 |
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Biographies
The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:
John Dilworth+
HYDE, Andrew Born 1842, died 1923 Northampton, Massachusetts USA. Musician and mechanic. Active violin and bow maker from 1886 in Northampton. Previously worked for Thomas Edison. Prolific maker credited with over 1,200 Stradivari model violins, violas, and cellos. Tourte model bows. Made some instruments for John C. Haynes. Author of A Treatise on the Violin (Northampton, 1902). Made by Andrew Hyde / Instrument Maker / in Northampton, 1894.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Von Hause aus war er Mechaniker und mehrere Jahre lang Gehilfe bei
Thom. A. Edison. Verschiedene Erfindungen, die er gemacht hat, sicherten
ihm ein schönes Einkommen; da er aber seit seinem 11. Lebensjahre das Violinspiel
mit Eifer betrieb, fing er auch an, mit seiner Geige Versuche anzustellen.
Er studirte das Geigenmachen theoretisch und machte Anfangs zu seinem Vergnügen
auch eine Anzahl Geigen; im Jahre 1886 aber konnte er sich bereits als
Geigenmacher in Northampton niederlassen. Seine Arbeiten, die alten Meistern
nachgeahmt sind, werden gelobt und in Amerika gern gekauft, und obwohl er
nie mehr als zwei Gehilfen beschäftigte, hat er doch bereits über 1200 Violinen,
Violen und Violoncelli gebaut. Seine Biographie erschien im März 1894 im
»Boston Leader«.
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