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1780 British Violin Benjamin Banks 1727-1795

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1780 British Violin Benjamin Banks 1727-1795
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1780 British violin. Signed B. BANKS on back and inside. Dated 1780. With case and bow. Benjamin Banks (1727-1795, British), inspired by Nicolo Amati and known as the ‘English Amati’, Banks emerged as a stringed instrument maker in the 1760s in Salisbury in the West of England with a fully developed style representative of the best London practices of the day.