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Joseph WAGNER

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John Dilworth

WAGNER, Joseph Born 1729, died 1781 Konstanz Germany. Appointed luthier to the court 1774. Tyrolean work with medium high arch and neat precise workmanship. Wide-set Stainer soundholes, slightly opaque yellow-brown varnish. Scrolls of pear wood; nicely concentric but with a prominent eye. Me Fecit Joseph Wagner Fecit Joseph Wagner, Sereniss. / Princip. Camr. Musicus / 1790 Constantiae [Hamma]

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