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    Karl Fuhr

    Bielefeld, Westphalia, worked 1926

    Physicist and violin-maker. Author of The Acoustic Riddle of the Violin (Leipzig). Advocated the use of glass tubes to detect and allow the precise adjustment of discrete resonant areas of the plates. — John Dilworth
    Worked Bielefeld, Westphalia
    Made Violin
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    Auction Price History

    Highest auction price

    £780
    Type Details Auction house Sold Price
    Violin Lot 62Brompton'sJune 2018£780

    Biographies

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    John Dilworth+

    FUHR, Karl Worked circa. 1926 Bielefeld, Westphalia Germany. Physicist and violin-maker. Author of The Acoustic Riddle of the Violin (Leipzig). Advocated the use of glass tubes to detect and allow the precise adjustment of discrete resonant areas of the plates.

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