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Frederick Gosparlin

1889–1975

Student in Berlin, Markneukirchen, and Mittenwald. Emigrated to the USA 1912 to work for Wurlitzer in New York, later moving to William Lewis in Chicago. Established independently there, later in Evanston, Illinois, and finally in Glendale from 1940. More than 300 instruments on Stradivari and Guarn\u{2026} — John Dilworth

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GOSPARLIN, Frederick Born 1889, former Yugoslavia, died 1975 Glendale, California USA. Student in Berlin, Markneukirchen, and Mittenwald. Emigrated to the USA 1912 to work for Wurlitzer in New York, later moving to William Lewis in Chicago. Established independently there, later in Evanston, Illinois, and finally in Glendale from 1940. More than 300 instruments on Stradivari and Guarneri models, with shaded oil varnish. Frederick Gosparlin / Glendale Calif. / No.. 19.. [Wenberg]

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