Jibbs Posted March 21, 2022 Report Posted March 21, 2022 Does anyone have information on a luthier named Josef Bearden? Active in the 1980s, I believe. But that's about all I've got.
Dwight Brown Posted March 21, 2022 Report Posted March 21, 2022 http://www.beardenviolinshop.com There is this shop, but I don't know if there is any relation. DLB
Jibbs Posted March 21, 2022 Author Report Posted March 21, 2022 Thanks for the reply, Dwight. Though I don't believe that shop is associated with Josef Bearden. I think they simply share the same name. It's my understanding that there are phonebook-sized directories of old luthiers. I don't happen to have one, but wonder if anyone else might... and have anything on Josef Bearden.
jacobsaunders Posted March 21, 2022 Report Posted March 21, 2022 The Wenburg dictionary list 5 makers named Bearden on page 24, none of whom were named "Josef"
Andreas Preuss Posted March 22, 2022 Report Posted March 22, 2022 19 hours ago, jacobsaunders said: The Wenburg dictionary list 5 makers named Bearden on page 24, none of whom were named "Josef" This really surprises me. Wasn’t Wenbergs Book as a reference just good for your famous dustbin?
jacobsaunders Posted March 22, 2022 Report Posted March 22, 2022 34 minutes ago, Andreas Preuss said: This really surprises me. Wasn’t Wenbergs Book as a reference just good for your famous dustbin? Yes, as you see it is useless once more
deans Posted March 22, 2022 Report Posted March 22, 2022 Fess up Jacob, I'll bet you sleep with that book under your pillow.
Michael Richwine Posted March 22, 2022 Report Posted March 22, 2022 On 3/21/2022 at 8:32 AM, Jibbs said: Does anyone have information on a luthier named Josef Bearden? Active in the 1980s, I believe. But that's about all I've got. Are you asking in reference to the cello that's for sale in the Denver area? IIRC the label says Chicago1995, but I don't know anything further. I've been aware of the St Louis Beardens most of my life, but no Josef connected to them. So far, here today, gone tomorrow...
Jibbs Posted March 23, 2022 Author Report Posted March 23, 2022 Hi Michael. No, not asking in regards to that cello. Though I'm guessing it's the same maker. My brother has a violin with a Josef Bearden label. A very decent, playable fiddle that I've probably spent hundreds of hours playing over the years. So I've always been curious about Josef Bearden's back story, and even contacted the shop in St. Louis years ago. But they never responded.
Dwight Brown Posted March 23, 2022 Report Posted March 23, 2022 If it is a Chicago area person perhaps the violin making school or Warren and Son should help. Warren helped me identify a viola. DLB
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