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    Decorah School

    Norman J. Alstad

    Decorah, b. 1915

    ALSTAD, Norman J. Born 1915 Decorah, Iowa, Worked Wayland, Massachusetts USA. Musician, engineer, and amateur maker. Student of Karl Roy and Carleen Hutchins at various seminars. Stradivari and personal models using commercially produced red-brown varnish. Wood pre-treated in microwave oven. [Wenber\u{2026} — John Dilworth

    Worked Decorah

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    ALSTAD, Norman J. Born 1915 Decorah, Iowa, Worked Wayland, Massachusetts USA. Musician, engineer, and amateur maker. Student of Karl Roy and Carleen Hutchins at various seminars. Stradivari and personal models using commercially produced red-brown varnish. Wood pre-treated in microwave oven. [Wenberg]

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