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    Joseph Smithbauer

    worked 1950

    Amateur maker. Pupil of A. Braga. Stradivari model with Staineresque arch. Fine local materials of various species. Amber coloured varnish. About six instruments completed. Manuscript label. [Wenberg] — John Dilworth
    Taught by A. Braga
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    SMITHBAUER, Joseph Worked circa. 1950 Gooding, Idaho USA. Amateur maker. Pupil of A. Braga. Stradivari model with Staineresque arch. Fine local materials of various species. Amber coloured varnish. About six instruments completed. Manuscript label. [Wenberg]

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