Lucius Parmalee Wildman
b. 1842
1870-1920 Danbury, Connecticut USA. Estimable copyist of classical Cremonese and Brescian models. Also developed eccentric ideas of reviving viol-type ‘c’ soundholes and the ‘bird violin’ with a bird carved on top of the conventional scroll. — John Dilworth
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WILDMAN, Lucius Parmalee Born 1842, Worked circa. 1870-1920 Danbury, Connecticut USA. Estimable copyist of classical Cremonese and Brescian models. Also developed eccentric ideas of reviving viol-type ‘c’ soundholes and the ‘bird violin’ with a bird carved on top of the conventional scroll.
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