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Karl Friedrich Schneider

b. 1905

after 1975 Riehen, Basle Switzerland. Pupil of P. Meinel in Basle. Worked there until c.1946; thereafter established independently in Riehen. Retired in 1975 but continued making instruments. Credited with 120 violins and one cello. — John Dilworth

Taught by P. Meinel

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John Dilworth+

SCHNEIDER, Karl Friedrich Born 1905 Heilbronn Germany, d. after 1975 Riehen, Basle Switzerland. Pupil of P. Meinel in Basle. Worked there until c.1946; thereafter established independently in Riehen. Retired in 1975 but continued making instruments. Credited with 120 violins and one cello. Also made the then popular self-supporting floor-standing guitars designed to relieve the left hand.

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