Dunfermline School
James (II) Duncan
Dunfermline, c.1878–1951
c.1951 Kirkcaldy, Scotland UK. Cabinet maker and amateur violin maker. Active in Dunfermline from 1896; moved to Kirkcaldy in 1919. Nine violins on Stradivari model recorded from his Dunfermline period, Guarneri models later produced in Kirkcaldy. Developed a unique method for artificially ageing th\u{2026} — John Dilworth
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DUNCAN, James (II) Born 1878 Dunfermline, d.c.1951 Kirkcaldy, Scotland UK. Cabinet maker and amateur violin maker. Active in Dunfermline from 1896; moved to Kirkcaldy in 1919. Nine violins on Stradivari model recorded from his Dunfermline period, Guarneri models later produced in Kirkcaldy. Developed a unique method for artificially ageing the wood.
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Working in Dunfermline at the same time
James Morrison b. 1827
John Mitchell worked 1910