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    Leroy F. Geiger

    Grinnel, d. 1960

    GEIGER, Leroy F. Worked from c.1915, died 1960 USA. Set up in Grinnel, Iowa 1915-19. Pupil and assistant of John Hornsteiner 1919-1923. Established as Voit & Geiger in Chicago in 1923. Moved to Los Angeles, California. — John Dilworth
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    GEIGER, Leroy F. Worked from c.1915, died 1960 USA. Set up in Grinnel, Iowa 1915-19. Pupil and assistant of John Hornsteiner 1919-1923. Established as Voit & Geiger in Chicago in 1923. Moved to Los Angeles, California. Author of Violin Making Made Clear and Concise (Chicago, 1935); revised as How to Make Your Own Violin (Chicago, 1963). [Wenberg]

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