Robert ROBINSON

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.3 cm Portland, 1918	Tue 1st June 2010	£6,000
Violin	35.3 cm Portland, 1918	Thu 1st October 2009	£1,920
Violin	Portland, 1933	Sat 1st October 2005	£491

John Dilworth

ROBINSON, Robert Born 1851 Wood County, Sandusky, Ohio, d. after 1902 Portland, Oregon USA. Violin and bow maker. Pupil of his father, R. C. Robinson. Active from 1867. Worked in Des Moines 1871-1877, Denver 1882-1884, again at Des Moines 1885-1891, Salt Lake City 1891, Chicago 1892, San Francisco 1897, Boston 1899, and finally Portland, Oregon 1902. Stradivari, Guarneri, and personal models, some with ornamented backs. Spirit varnish of dark red, orange-red, golden-brown and yellow shades. About 180 violins, 10 violas, and 10 cellos completed. Robert Robinson fecit / Bostonia. Anno Dom. 1900 Robert Robinson. Fecit / Portlanda, Oregona. U.S.A. / Anno.. Jan 5.. 1912

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff

Nachdem er von 1871—1877 in Des Moines, Iowa, von 1882—1884 in Denver Colorado, New York, von 1885 — 1891 wieder in Des Moines, von 1891—1892 in Salt Lake, Utah, von 1893—1894 in Chicago und von 1897-1898 in San Francisco gearbeitet hatte, machte er sich 1899 in Boston als Geigenmacher selbstständig. Er macht neue Geigen nach Stradivari und Guarneri und hat ein eigenes Modell, das zwischen beiden liegt. Er verwendet einen Spirituslack eigener Zusammensetzung von bernsteingelber bis dunkelrother Farbe.

Henri Poidras

Portland (Oregon). Born at Wood County near Sandusky (Ohio) in 1850. Pupil of his father Robert E. Robinson, who himself was a good and capable craftsman. He made his first violin when sixteen years old. Realising that he needed more knowledge he undertook to travel through the United States. For seventeen years he journeyed from town to town, sojourning in the workshops of the best masters, twenty at the least, perfecting himself by association with the best workmen. His science is great and his works are the proof of it. Stradivari and Guarneri are his favourite masters. He has to his credit 175 violins, 4 violas and 4 ‘cellos, all instruments made to order. Oil or spirit varnish of different shades, varying from orange-red to gold-brown.

£6,000

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