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Charles Silk Willis

b. 1883

1914 Caversham UK. Leather merchant and amateur maker. Worked briefly in Reading. Some instruction from F. W. Chanot. Guarneri model with orange-red varnish. Small output. C. S. Willis. / Maker. /Reading. 19.. — John Dilworth

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John Dilworth+

WILLIS, Charles Silk Born 1883 Walsall, Worked circa. 1914 Caversham UK. Leather merchant and amateur maker. Worked briefly in Reading. Some instruction from F. W. Chanot. Guarneri model with orange-red varnish. Small output. C. S. Willis. / Maker. /Reading. 19..

Henri Poidras+

Contemporary amateur maker. Pupil of A. Chanot of London. Follows the model of Joseph Guarnerius and coats his instruments with a red-orange oil varnish. Skilled repairer.

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