San Francisco School
James A. Furey
San Francisco, b. 1920
FUREY, James A. Born 1920, d. after 1980 San Francisco, California USA. Professional musician. Instrument and bow maker and repairer. Worked for John Chapin 1949-1951, Sherman & Clay from 1953, and for Frank Passa 1963-1977 as violin and bow restorer. Trained as a bow maker with John Bolander f\u{2026} — John Dilworth
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FUREY, James A. Born 1920, d. after 1980 San Francisco, California USA. Professional musician. Instrument and bow maker and repairer. Worked for John Chapin 1949-1951, Sherman & Clay from 1953, and for Frank Passa 1963-1977 as violin and bow restorer. Trained as a bow maker with John Bolander from 1971-1972; established in business with Roland Feller from 1977. Approximately 2000 bows made; also two violins c.1950. Bows branded: FUREY [Wenberg]
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Working in San Francisco at the same time
Albert Carl Muller b. 1919
Clinton Boles b. 1925
John Alfred (II) Bolander 1893–1990
Louis Prince worked 1937–1942
Vladimir Papoff worked 1959