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    Edmund B. Jenks

    Whitney Point, b. 1863

    Self-taught amateur maker. Personal model. Small output. Devised a modified bass bar c.1933, in which the top edge is wider than the glued edge; briefly popular among US makers. — John Dilworth
    Worked Whitney Point
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    JENKS, Edmund Born 1863, Worked 1884-1935 Whitney Point, New York USA. Self-taught amateur maker. Personal model. Small output. Devised a modified bass bar c.1933, in which the top edge is wider than the glued edge; briefly popular among US makers.

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