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Edward Watson Atchley

Willow Springs, 1849–1942

Piano salesman and self-taught violin maker and repairer. Stradivari-derived personal model using commercially prepared oil varnish. Manuscript labels. — John Dilworth
Worked Willow Springs
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John Dilworth+

ATCHLEY, Edward Watson Born 1849 Willow Springs, died 1942 St Louis, Missouri USA. Piano salesman and self-taught violin maker and repairer. Stradivari-derived personal model using commercially prepared oil varnish. Manuscript labels.

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