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    George W. Fisk

    Vermont, b. 1838

    FISK, George W. Born 1838 Bennington, Vermont, d. after 1919 Greeler, Colorado USA. Self-taught maker. Established in Greeler from 1876. 163 instruments made. Early work (numbered up to 60) on Guarneri model; subsequent instruments copied from a Stradivari violin of 1710. Red and orange varnish. — John Dilworth
    Worked Vermont
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    FISK, George W. Born 1838 Bennington, Vermont, d. after 1919 Greeler, Colorado USA. Self-taught maker. Established in Greeler from 1876. 163 instruments made. Early work (numbered up to 60) on Guarneri model; subsequent instruments copied from a Stradivari violin of 1710. Red and orange varnish.

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