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    Lester F. Bardin

    Riverside, d. 1983

    BARDIN, Lester F. b. 1900 Riverside, died 1983 Arlington, California USA. Of French and English parentage. Self-taught maker. Established in Arlington in c.1950. Guarneri and Guadagnini models. Coarse workmanship. Shaded red-brown varnish. — John Dilworth
    Worked Riverside
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    BARDIN, Lester F. b. 1900 Riverside, died 1983 Arlington, California USA. Of French and English parentage. Self-taught maker. Established in Arlington in c.1950. Guarneri and Guadagnini models. Coarse workmanship. Shaded red-brown varnish. Inscribed with Mormon mottos internally; labels bear a design of the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City. Lester F. Bardin fecit Arlington. Cal. an 19.. [Wenberg]

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