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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

Worked Pittsfield

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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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