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Ivan Karel SANCIN

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John Dilworth

SANCIN, Ivan Karel Born 1893 Trieste Italy, died 1974 Graz Austria. Studied the violin in Trieste and Graz. Joined the Zika Quartet (later renamed the Prague Quartet). Amateur luthier credited with some forty violins of Stradivari and Guarneri models. Accomplished work. Good golden yellow and red varnish Joannes Carolus Sancin / Tergestinus fece anno 19..

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