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Cherokee Falls School

Etoyse Patterson

Cherokee Falls, b. 1920

Violinist in the traditional American style. Learned violin making with R. T. Carmine and Seth Summerfield from 1948. Eight violins made on Stradivari model with commercial varnish. Also made some plucked instruments. [Wenberg] — John Dilworth

Worked Cherokee Falls

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John Dilworth+

PATTERSON, Etoyse Born 1920 Cherokee Falls, South Carolina, Worked Newport News, Virginia USA. Violinist in the traditional American style. Learned violin making with R. T. Carmine and Seth Summerfield from 1948. Eight violins made on Stradivari model with commercial varnish. Also made some plucked instruments. [Wenberg]

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