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    Joseph Paul Szajek

    b. 1917

    Part-time maker and repairer. Self-taught. Active from 1940. Employed by a Reading music shop c.1954-1974 as a repairer. Completed second instrument after retirement 1982. [Wenberg] — John Dilworth
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    SZAJEK, Joseph Paul Born 1917 Reading, Pennsylvania USA. Part-time maker and repairer. Self-taught. Active from 1940. Employed by a Reading music shop c.1954-1974 as a repairer. Completed second instrument after retirement 1982. [Wenberg]

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