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Ward Otis Koozer

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John Dilworth

KOOZER, Ward Otis Born 1912 Walla Walla, Washington, Worked Pennsylvania & California USA. Gunsmith and self-taught violin maker. Active from c.1932 in Pennsylvania; then moved to Lakeside, California. Most productive after 1983. About 21 violins on Stradivari model, commercial varnish left clear or coloured brown. Manuscript label. [Wenberg]

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