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Elmer R. Hall

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John Dilworth

HALL, Elmer R. Born 1869 Green Prairie, Minnesota, Worked circa. 1940 Port Angeles, Washington USA. Established in Los Angeles from 1949. Farmer and later a violin maker. Trained with Hughes Heskett and Herman Hagberg. Made over 100 instruments from 1919. Various classical models with a preference for the ‘long pattern’ Stradivari. Well reproduced, with shaded varnish of oil base. Elmer R. Hall No.. / Port Angeles, Wash. / Month.. Year.. / Named for..

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