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Ernst Heinrich (II) Roth

b. c.1890

Son of Ernst Heinrich Roth (I), above. A businessman, he moved to America in 1921 and founded the company Scherl & Roth which handled imports of Roth instruments from Germany. Head of the violin department of Selmer Musical Instruments in New York 1930. — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+

Ernst Heinrich (II) Born circa. 1890. Son of Ernst Heinrich Roth (I), above. A businessman, he moved to America in 1921 and founded the company Scherl & Roth which handled imports of Roth instruments from Germany. Head of the violin department of Selmer Musical Instruments in New York 1930. No original instruments of his own extant.

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