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    Irving L. Drake

    Columbia, b. 1917

    DRAKE, Irving L. Born 1917 Columbia, South Carolina USA. Carpenter and self-taught violin maker from 1972. Stradivari and Guarneri models. Commercial oil varnish. Credited with nine instruments. Made by / Irving L. Drake / Columbia, S.C. 1976 / Antonio Stradivari Copy / (The Bicentennial) [Wenberg] — John Dilworth

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    DRAKE, Irving L. Born 1917 Columbia, South Carolina USA. Carpenter and self-taught violin maker from 1972. Stradivari and Guarneri models. Commercial oil varnish. Credited with nine instruments. Made by / Irving L. Drake / Columbia, S.C. 1976 / Antonio Stradivari Copy / (The Bicentennial) [Wenberg]

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