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John Clyde Miller

Redding, c.1894–1979

c.1979 Redding, California USA. Self-taught amateur maker. Coarse work on Stradivari model. 25 violins and four violas recorded. Stained wood with clear varnish, some unpurfled. Local materials. [Wenberg] — John Dilworth
Worked Redding
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Biographies

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John Dilworth+

MILLER, John Clyde Born circa. 1894, d.c.1979 Redding, California USA. Self-taught amateur maker. Coarse work on Stradivari model. 25 violins and four violas recorded. Stained wood with clear varnish, some unpurfled. Local materials. [Wenberg]

William Meredith Morris+

He was born in the Orkneys, Sept. 18, 1861. His work is excellent, but there is so little of it that he cannot claim more than a passing notice.

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