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    Amati > Makers Archive > C > Benjamin Crehore

    Milton School

    Benjamin Crehore

    Milton, 1765–1832

    First ‘church bass’ dated 1785. Broad upright soundholes. Unpurfled. High arch. Back of pegbox not fluted. Dark brown varnish. [Wenberg] — John Dilworth

    Worked Milton

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    CREHORE, Benjamin Born 1765, died 1832 Milton, Massachusetts USA. First ‘church bass’ dated 1785. Broad upright soundholes. Unpurfled. High arch. Back of pegbox not fluted. Dark brown varnish. [Wenberg]

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