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    Amati > Makers Archive > H > James Heffler

    James Heffler

    New York, b. 1900

    Pupil of W. Wilkanowski. Worked for Fred Gretsch, the New York Band Instrument Co, Barth-Feinberg and Buegelson & Jacobson, and finally for Rudolf Wurlitzer as a violin repairer. Some new work on Stradivari model. — John Dilworth
    Worked New York
    Taught by W. Wilkanowski
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    John Dilworth+

    HEFFLER, James Born 1900 New York USA. Pupil of W. Wilkanowski. Worked for Fred Gretsch, the New York Band Instrument Co, Barth-Feinberg and Buegelson & Jacobson, and finally for Rudolf Wurlitzer as a violin repairer. Some new work on Stradivari model.

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