Archibald Morrison

John Dilworth

MORRISON, Archibald Born 1820 Falkirk, died 1895 Glasgow, Scotland UK. Musician and violin maker, established in Glasgow from 1854. Worked for John Mann from 1860. Established independently from 1865. Some examples also labelled from Bridgetown, Glasgow. Amati and Stradivari models; later concentrating on Guarneri. Very detailed and conscientious work, if a little heavy. Good materials and varnish but often heavy grained local pine used for the tops. Archibald Morrison / Violin Maker. / Glasgow. 1891

William Meredith Morris

He worked in Great Hamilton Street, where he had a violin shop, and where he made a large number of instruments, some fairly good, but most of rather under average merit. The little of his work that I have seen was of a very indifferent character. Morrison appears to have been a far better player than maker, and his shop was the rendezvous of fiddle enthusiasts and players, who were known in Glasgow as ” Morrison’s Band.” Label :—

ARCHIBALD MORRISON, MAKER, GLASGOW, 1875

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

Er war der Sohn eines blinden Geigers und selbst ein tüchtiger Geiger.
Nach mancherlei Berufswechsel wurde er Geigenmacher, arbeitete eine Zeit lang
für Alexander Mann (1860) und eröffnete 1865 seine eigene Werkstatt. Seine
ersten Violinen waren nach Amati und Stradivari, später auch nach Guarneri gemacht;
sie waren keine Meisterwerke, aber ziemlich gut im Ton.