Shippable with Glasser Bow 23" and Case.
Hand written note on old aging paper on inside says as best we can read; the Aurora Antonio's Stradivarius (1723 OR 1728 OR 1223 OR 1228) William Haight Leggett 1925
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From William Haight Leggett obituary in the Pontiac Press c12/1954:
Death Closes Music Career of City's Oldest Teacher
"William Haight Leggett, 95, who taught music in Pontaic for over three-quarters of a century, died Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Dill, 3800 Walton Blvd, where he has made his home for the past few years, and which is the former Leggett homestead.
Born at Clintonville, within a short distance of the place of his death, on March 3, 1859, he has been a resident of this area since, with the exception of six years which he spent in Paris under the tutorage of the violin masters, and a period in Detroit. While in Detroit he kept up his music classes in Pontiac.
He inherited his love for music from his father, Mortimer A. Leggett, who came here from New York where he was born on the site of the present Empire State Building, and played the violin in order to promote community dancing parties in the Pontiac area.
Mr. Leggett started playing the piano early in life, but changed to the violin when he began taking lessons from the late Conrad A. Hoffman, prominent Pontiac music teacher of the past century.
Until he was past 90 years of age he maintained a down town studio here, and his pupils were numbered in the thousands. Many people today prominent in local music activites owe much of their progress to his tutorage.
His collection of violins was one of the best in the nation. Most of them have been given by him to former pupils.
As a hobby Mr. Leggett many years ago took up painting, and some of his work in water colors now occupy places in many homes in Pontiac and elsewhere.
Early in life he was married to Eleanor Wright, now deceased. He is survived by a daughter, Florence Leggett of Washington, D.C.
William was born on Thursday, 3 March 1859 at Clintonville, Waterford Township, Oakland County, Michigan. He was the son of Mortimer Allen Leggett and Jane Mais Whitehead. William and his sister May returned together on the steamer Spaarndam from a trip to Europe in 1894, according to Ellis Island records. 6 June 1900, the U.S. Federal Census lists William was residing in a rooming house at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Enumerated in this household were William H. Leggett [41 Michigan, New York & Michigan - March 1859 - violinist][border].2 9 June 1900, William was listed on the U.S. Federal Census at Waterford Township, Oakland County, Michigan. Enumerated in this household were Mortimer A. Leggett [62 New York - October 1837], William H. [41 Michigan-March 1859 - violinist], Catherine May [36 Michigan - September 1863].3 William married Eleanore Knight circa 1910 at Michigan. This marriage ended in 1916.4 12 May 1910, William and his wife, Eleanore, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census at Waterford Township, Oakland County, Michigan. Enumerated in this household were William H. Leggett [51 Michigan - New York & Michigan], Eleanor [22 Canada - Canada & Canada], They had been married zero years. Both were teachers of the violin. They own their own home.5 He was a music professor & violinist. Notice in paper: William H. Leggett, Walton Blvd., Pontiac, Michigan celebrated his ninetieth birthday 3/06/1949 at his boyhood home, was born 3/03/1859; present to congratulate him was his sister May Leggett Abel, & George Hodges of Pine Lake who was born 3/03/1864. William died Sunday, 12 December 1954 at Waterford Township, Oakland County, Michigan, at age 95 years, 9 months and 9 days at the Leggett homestead on West Walton Blvd. William was buried at Drayton Plains Cemetery, Drayton Plains, Oakland County, Michigan.
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