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Thomas SMITH

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John Dilworth

SMITH, Thomas Born 1901, Worked circa. 1921-1923 Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland UK. Lived at Old Struther Farm. Amateur maker of about a dozen violins and two cellos. First instrument on Stradivari model with dark brown varnish. Subsequently four violins on Amati models with deep red varnish and later a Maggini model with similar red varnish. Stradivari pattern for cellos with deep orange varnish.

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