Pittsfield School
L. V. Barnard
Pittsfield, worked 1890
BARNARD, L. V. Worked circa. 1890 Pittsfield, Virginia USA. Designer of a a large five-string viola, lacking upper corners, intended to be played in cello fashion, named the ‘Aquillo’. — John Dilworth
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BARNARD, L. V. Worked circa. 1890 Pittsfield, Virginia USA. Designer of a a large five-string viola, lacking upper corners, intended to be played in cello fashion, named the ‘Aquillo’.
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