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    In Focus: A c.1718 Daniel Parker violin

    9 May 2023

    John Dilworth takes a closer look at a violin by the English maker

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    From the Archive: a violin by Daniel Parker

    9 May 2017

    This illustration of a violin by Daniel Parker was published in The Strad, December 1986. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Although most writers on the violin have taken Daniel Parker to heart, waxing euphoric about this most individual of makers, he has remained an enigma, ...

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    Jonathan Hill performs Vitali's Chaconne on a Daniel Parker violin

    2 November 2015

    Jonathan Hill performs Tomaso Antonio Vitali's Chaconne on a violin by Daniel Parker, London, 1716.Probably the finest English maker of the 18th century, little is known about Parker. An early adopter of the long-pattern Stradivari model when many were influenced by Stainer, it is thought Parker was employed ...

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    From the Archive: a viola by Daniel Parker, London, 1714

    20 July 2015

    This illustration of a viola by Daniel Parker was published in The Strad, December 1973. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Daniel Parker’s existing instruments are very few in number. It is probable that many have never been identified as his work. Besides being one of ...