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Maurice H. Bisharat

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John Dilworth

BISHARAT, Maurice H. Born 1920 Palestine, Worked from 1946 Carmichael, California USA. Psychiatrist and amateur violin maker active from 1971. Encouraged by Joseph Rashid and Albert Muller. Copies of the Stradivari ‘Earl of Plymouth’ violin and of Guarneri instruments. Shaded red-orange varnish. About 26 violins made. [Wenberg]

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