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Joseph Will

worked 1809–1825

Coarse but almost Italianate work. Very free outline with small rounded ‘c’ bouts. Flat arch. Widely-spaced and unfluted Stradivari-inspired soundholes. Scroll rather clumsy. Decent clear red-brown varnish. Joseph Will, Geigenmacher in / Eckweisbach an der Rhön 1829 [Hamma] — John Dilworth
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WILL, Joseph Worked circa. 1809-1825 Eckweisbach, Hilders Germany. Coarse but almost Italianate work. Very free outline with small rounded ‘c’ bouts. Flat arch. Widely-spaced and unfluted Stradivari-inspired soundholes. Scroll rather clumsy. Decent clear red-brown varnish. Joseph Will, Geigenmacher in / Eckweisbach an der Rhön 1829 [Hamma]

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