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- ↑ Irish Times, William Galland Stuart, 21 September 1973
- ↑ Tim Ingles, Four Centuries of Violin Making - Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive, Cozio Pub., 2006 ISBN 0-9764431-1-2
- ↑ The Strad, October, (1996)
