Local Interest - Victorian violin, the two-piece back of fiddle-back grain, two internal labels 'J.W. Soane, 15 Old Bond Street, Bath' and 'Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1735', back 36cm, overall length 60cm, with nickel-tipped bow, in ebonised pine caseJames William Soane of Bath, (b. 1833 or 1834). The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, Vol. 17, No. 390 (Aug. 1, 1875), p. 166, features an advertisement 'Pianoforte Tuner and Repairer Wanted. J. W. Soane Music-Seller, Bath".Bath Rugby Club archives record the Annual General Meetings of 1892 held at "13 Old Bond Stree (Messrs Soane's Music Warehouse)"