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Ernest Ransel Ayers

Waterloo, b. 1865

1920 Hutchinson, Kansas USA. Active violin maker from 1903. Worked for Veatch bros. in Hutchinson. Personal model with spirit-oil varnish. About 40 instruments made. Branded: ‘E.R.Ayers’ — John Dilworth

Worked Waterloo

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John Dilworth+

AYERS, Ernest Ransel Born 1865 Waterloo, Iowa, Worked circa. 1920 Hutchinson, Kansas USA. Active violin maker from 1903. Worked for Veatch bros. in Hutchinson. Personal model with spirit-oil varnish. About 40 instruments made. Branded: ‘E.R.Ayers’

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