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Samuel Wesley Daniels

Buhl, b. 1915

Husband of Constance Daniels, above. Self-taught amateur maker from 1936. Farmer, retired to Jerome, Idaho and established a violin business. Stradivari and Guarneri models with commercial varnish. Most with good imported wood; some using local materials. Over 100 violins, three violas. — John Dilworth

Worked Buhl

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John Dilworth+

DANIELS, Samuel Wesley Born 1915 Buhl, Idaho, Worked from 1971 Jerome, Idaho USA. Husband of Constance Daniels, above. Self-taught amateur maker from 1936. Farmer, retired to Jerome, Idaho and established a violin business. Stradivari and Guarneri models with commercial varnish. Most with good imported wood; some using local materials. Over 100 violins, three violas.

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