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    R. W. Parr

    Edgemere, b. 1876

    PARR, R. W. Born 1876, Worked from 1907 Edgemere, Idaho USA. Hand-made instruments on Stradivari and Guarneri models up to 1915. Thereafter used his own design. Founded a factory for machine-made instruments in 1927 using this pattern. — John Dilworth
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    PARR, R. W. Born 1876, Worked from 1907 Edgemere, Idaho USA. Hand-made instruments on Stradivari and Guarneri models up to 1915. Thereafter used his own design. Founded a factory for machine-made instruments in 1927 using this pattern. Made for Jesus Christ / by R. W. Parr / Sept-9-1929 Patented-Nov-4- 1924 No.2. / Edgemere-Idaho

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