Dowds School
Justin Gilbert
Dowds, 1866–1948
Born 1866 Dowds, Iowa USA, Worked from 1892 Victoria, Canada, died 1948 Amateur maker, using Stradivari models. Good work with own red-orange oil varnish. Author of Cremona Violin Technique (1937). Manuscript label: Justin Gilbert / Victoria, B.C. / P.61 1929 — John Dilworth
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GILBERT, Justin Born 1866 Dowds, Iowa USA, Worked from 1892 Victoria, Canada, died 1948 Amateur maker, using Stradivari models. Good work with own red-orange oil varnish. Author of Cremona Violin Technique (1937). Manuscript label: Justin Gilbert / Victoria, B.C. / P.61 1929
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