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    E. C. Francis

    Rhodes, worked 1929

    FRANCIS, E. C. Worked circa. 1929 Rhodes, Iowa USA. Amateur maker. Produced about a dozen instruments on Stradivari model. Undistinguished work; thin brown varnish and local materials. Signed internally in pencil. [Wenberg] — John Dilworth
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    FRANCIS, E. C. Worked circa. 1929 Rhodes, Iowa USA. Amateur maker. Produced about a dozen instruments on Stradivari model. Undistinguished work; thin brown varnish and local materials. Signed internally in pencil. [Wenberg]

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