FORSTER, Simon Andrew
(1801–1870)> VIOLIN-MAKER · WRITER
FORSTER (Simon Andrew). English violin-maker and writer, son of William Forster, the younger, May 13, 1801. Feb. 2, 1870. Wrote with W. Sandys a History of the Violin, 1864, and made ’cellos, violins, double-basses; in the making of which he was instructed by his father.