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    Roderick L. Yip

    b. 1925

    YIP, Roderick L. Born 1925 Port-of-Spain Trinidad, Worked Hollister, California USA. Amateur maker. Pupil of Frank Passa. Stradivari and Guarneri models. About 15 instruments completed with own oil varnish. Instruments labelled ‘Concerto Craft Violins of California’. [Wenberg] — John Dilworth
    Taught by Frank Passa
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    YIP, Roderick L. Born 1925 Port-of-Spain Trinidad, Worked Hollister, California USA. Amateur maker. Pupil of Frank Passa. Stradivari and Guarneri models. About 15 instruments completed with own oil varnish. Instruments labelled ‘Concerto Craft Violins of California’. [Wenberg]

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