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Kristian Skou

b. 1912

1929-1960 Lyngby Denmark Self-taught amateur maker, using various local and unusual timbers with home-made and commercial Michelman oil varnish. Devised and built the ‘Tenorin’, pitched between the viola and cello. [Woodcock] — John Dilworth

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SKOU, Kristian Born 1912, Worked circa. 1929-1960 Lyngby Denmark Self-taught amateur maker, using various local and unusual timbers with home-made and commercial Michelman oil varnish. Devised and built the ‘Tenorin’, pitched between the viola and cello. [Woodcock]

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