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    Elmer Albertson

    Bentonville, 1919–1974

    Self-taught amateur maker. Stradivari and Guarneri models, using commercial oil varnish. Small production. Elmer Albertson / Violin maker / Bentonville, Ark / U.S.A. 1964 no:10 — John Dilworth
    Worked Bentonville
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    ALBERTSON, Elmer Born 1919, died 1974, Worked from 1938 Bentonville, Arizona USA. Self-taught amateur maker. Stradivari and Guarneri models, using commercial oil varnish. Small production. Elmer Albertson / Violin maker / Bentonville, Ark / U.S.A. 1964 no:10

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