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    Amati > Makers Archive > B > James Bennington

    James Bennington

    Waynesburg, b. 1868

    1920 Mercer, Pennsylvania USA. Taught by his grandfather. Stradivari model with colourless oil varnish laid over stained wood. Student quality. Some 100 instruments made. — John Dilworth
    Worked Waynesburg
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    BENNINGTON, James Born 1868 Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Worked circa. 1920 Mercer, Pennsylvania USA. Taught by his grandfather. Stradivari model with colourless oil varnish laid over stained wood. Student quality. Some 100 instruments made.

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