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    Ernest Frederick Minshull

    Salford, b. 1877

    Trained with G. A. Chanot in Manchester for fifteen years. Established independently in Leeds from 1924. Stradivari and Guarneri models. Golden yellow to red-brown varnish. Signed internally. Printed label: E. F. Minshull / Violin Maker / Manchester. 1903 — John Dilworth
    Worked Salford
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    MINSHULL, Ernest Frederick Born 1877 Salford, Worked from 1924 Leeds UK. Trained with G. A. Chanot in Manchester for fifteen years. Established independently in Leeds from 1924. Stradivari and Guarneri models. Golden yellow to red-brown varnish. Signed internally. Printed label: E. F. Minshull / Violin Maker / Manchester. 1903

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