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Otto Selling

worked 1830–1866

Violin and guitar maker. Exhibited four violins and two violas at the Stockholm conservatoire 1837. A viola preserved in Stockholm museum: Amatisé model with large sweeping soundholes and golden-orange varnish. Well carved and concentric scroll with small eye. Manuscript label with date 1856. [Nilss\u{2026} — John Dilworth

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John Dilworth+

SELLING, Otto Worked circa. 1830-1866 Stockholm Sweden. Violin and guitar maker. Exhibited four violins and two violas at the Stockholm conservatoire 1837. A viola preserved in Stockholm museum: Amatisé model with large sweeping soundholes and golden-orange varnish. Well carved and concentric scroll with small eye. Manuscript label with date 1856. [Nilsson]

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

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