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The Crosdill Forster. — Mast amateurs ofthe metropolis have heard of the Forster violoncello; once in the possession of Crosdill, and tmivemHy ad-mitted to be a superb instrument. It was apeciaUy made by old Forster ^grandfather to the taalcer of the same name now living) for a Mr. Alexander, and afterwards passed into the hands of Hu^h Rcinaglc, a professor at Oxford, at whose death it became the property of the Rev. Mr. Hole ; so highly prized wasthis violoncello by its new possessor that during hi^ travels he Invariably engaged two inside places in the coach, one for himself and one for his violoncello 1 Lord Grey de Wilson, and Six W. W. Wyne in vain tempted the Rev. Mr. Hole with the offer of 500f. to p-rt with his pet. After the death of the musical divine the violoncello was purchased by CrosdiU, whose fine performances gave additional celebrity to it. In 1^26 the executors of the deceased Crossdill offered it for public sale, at which the most opulent and accomplished violonccJloamateors attended. Kraraer,master of George IV*s band, had a carte blanche from the king for any amount, to obtain the violoncello, but with injunction not to bid for it should the veteran Lindley express an intention to become the purchaser. The la ter professor attended the sale, and became the possessor of this fine instrument at the small cost offistv miinea«, and when the auctioneer announced the name of the buyer, the room resounded with applause. After delighting the musical public with his performance on this '‘old Forster” for a period of nine years, he disposed of it to an officer in the Life Guards for a sum of money, a violencello, and a picture, the whole considered equal to the amount of £330. The new purchaser, Mr. West, on quitting the Guards, took the “old Forster” to Paris, where Servais and other celebrated violoncellists placed upon it and wished to obtain possession of it. In the spring of the present year the “old Forster” returned to its native city, and has recently fallen into company efnumerous excellent rivals of all the celebrated makers, forming a valuable collection, of thato pulent and generous patron of the arts—Frederick Perkins, Esq., of Chip-stead Place, Seven Oaks.. - a m l 1 •
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London Bell New Weekly Messenger
London, Middlesex, GB
Sun, Aug 11, 1839
Page 5
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Peter F.
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