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Luke Shea Sloane

b. 1895

after 1984 Sulphur Springs, Texas USA. Amateur maker active from 1905 in Okmulgee Oklahoma, San Diego California, and finally in Sulphur Springs. 21 violins on Stradivari model, varnished both inside and out. [Wenberg] — John Dilworth

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SLOANE, Luke Shea Born 1895 Des Moines, Iowa, d. after 1984 Sulphur Springs, Texas USA. Amateur maker active from 1905 in Okmulgee Oklahoma, San Diego California, and finally in Sulphur Springs. 21 violins on Stradivari model, varnished both inside and out. [Wenberg]

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