London School
Richard C. T. Blois
London, b. 1920
BLOIS, Richard C. T. Born 1920 London UK, Worked Pasadena, California USA. Student of the piano at the Royal Academy of Music. Self-taught maker from 1951. Emigrated to the USA, working in Pasadena with Herbert Gray. Established independently in Altadena 1966, moving to Pasadena c.1975, and Monterey\u{2026} — John Dilworth
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BLOIS, Richard C. T. Born 1920 London UK, Worked Pasadena, California USA. Student of the piano at the Royal Academy of Music. Self-taught maker from 1951. Emigrated to the USA, working in Pasadena with Herbert Gray. Established independently in Altadena 1966, moving to Pasadena c.1975, and Monterey 1985. Stradivari and personal models. Commercial oil varnish. 10 violins made; also guitars. Manuscript label. [Wenberg]
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