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    Ben A. Setran

    b. 1903

    SETRAN, Ben A. Born 1903 Roberts County, South Dakota, Worked from 1949 Billings, Montana USA. Self-taught violin maker after retirement in 1965. 24 violins and four violas. Broad Guarneri-derived model with orange-brown commercial oil varnish. Some commercially prepared pre-cut necks. [Wenberg] — John Dilworth
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    SETRAN, Ben A. Born 1903 Roberts County, South Dakota, Worked from 1949 Billings, Montana USA. Self-taught violin maker after retirement in 1965. 24 violins and four violas. Broad Guarneri-derived model with orange-brown commercial oil varnish. Some commercially prepared pre-cut necks. [Wenberg]

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