Thomas Earle Hesketh

Born in Manchester in 1866.

From 1885 to 1891 he worked as an apprentice under Georges Adolphe Chanot (1855-1923), where he learned the art of string instrument making.

He became independent in 1891, and continued to work as an apprentice at a workshop in Chanau for a year.

Hesketh became one of the most accomplished and prolific makers of his time, thanks to the large amount of material left behind by George Craske (1795-1888), who had been in Manchester for a short time.

Hesketh produced many stringed instruments in the classic Strad and Guarneri models, as well as Steiner and Maggini models in finely varnished antique finishes.

Assistants working in Hesketh's workshop included Keen (Robert Elliott Keen?-?), Boulanger (Georges Boulangeot?-?), who had trained at Mirecourt, and Voigt (Paul Voigt 1881-1970), who had moved from Markneukirchen.

He died in 1945 (at the age of 79).

Quotation《The Brompton's Book of Violin and Bow Makers》《The British Violin》