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Lewis Thomas Chappell

Aldgate, b. 1870

Violin and bow maker. Pupil of George Pyne. Taught at the British Violin Makers Guild, Hampstead 1915-1918. Established in Forest Gate, north-west London, from 1927. Bows now more sought-after than his instruments. — John Dilworth

Worked Aldgate
Taught by George Pyne

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John Dilworth+

CHAPPELL, Lewis Thomas Born 1870 Aldgate, London UK. Violin and bow maker. Pupil of George Pyne. Taught at the British Violin Makers Guild, Hampstead 1915-1918. Established in Forest Gate, north-west London, from 1927. Bows now more sought-after than his instruments.

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