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Earsel Vivian Atchley

Kansas City, Mountain Grove, b. 1906

Pupil of his grandfather Edward Atchley, below. Trained as an engineer before establishing a violin business in Kansas City in 1948. Stradivari and Guarneri models and copies of individual master instruments. — John Dilworth
Worked Kansas City, Mountain Grove
Made Violin
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Auction Price History

Highest auction price

£733
Type Details Auction house Sold Price
ViolinKansas City, 1988—May 2005£733
ViolinKansas City, 1983—February 2005£361

Biographies

The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

John Dilworth+

ATCHLEY, Earsel Vivian Born 1906 Mountain Grove, Worked Kansas City, Missouri USA. Pupil of his grandfather Edward Atchley, below. Trained as an engineer before establishing a violin business in Kansas City in 1948. Stradivari and Guarneri models and copies of individual master instruments. Used a potassium silicate sealer inside and out and his own preparation of oil varnish, shaded and antiqued. Credited with over 350 instruments: violins, violas, cellos, basses, and some guitars, often made as quartets; these have his family coat-of-arms emblazoned on the back. [Wenberg]

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