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Ivar Orestad

Bodo, 1883–1963

Stradivari derived model. Author of The Fiddle from Cremona (1943), The Sounding Jungle (1945), and The Stradivarius Violin (1949), all published by Tanum, Oslo. Manuscript label: Ivor Orestadt (F.M.D.) / Nr. Bodö 19.. — John Dilworth

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ORESTAD, Ivar Born 1883, died 1963 Bodø Norway. Stradivari derived model. Author of The Fiddle from Cremona (1943), The Sounding Jungle (1945), and The Stradivarius Violin (1949), all published by Tanum, Oslo. Manuscript label: Ivor Orestadt (F.M.D.) / Nr. Bodö 19..

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