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    Joseph C. Cordell

    Wayneboro, 1897–1968

    CORDELL, Joseph C. Born 1897 Wayneboro, Pennsylvania, died 1968 Columbia, South Carolina USA. Pupil of Benjamin Phillips in Pittsburgh from 1920. Established in Columbia from 1948. Stradivari model. Some copies of individual examples. 25 violins and five violas completed. [Wenberg] — John Dilworth
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    CORDELL, Joseph C. Born 1897 Wayneboro, Pennsylvania, died 1968 Columbia, South Carolina USA. Pupil of Benjamin Phillips in Pittsburgh from 1920. Established in Columbia from 1948. Stradivari model. Some copies of individual examples. 25 violins and five violas completed. [Wenberg]

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