United States School
Albert H. Karr
Clinton, Kansas City, 1885–1971
KARR, Albert H. Born 1885 Clinton, Illinois, died 1971 Albuquerque, New Mexico USA. Violinist. Taught violin making by Silas Benjamin and John Hendershot from 1910. Active in New York; later established in Kansas City from 1915. Subsequently moved to Independence, Missouri to run a dairy. During Wor\u{2026} — John Dilworth
Auction price history
Highest auction price
| Type | Details | Sold | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin | 35.7 cm Kansas City, 1921 | October 2009 | £449 |
Biographies
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KARR, Albert H. Born 1885 Clinton, Illinois, died 1971 Albuquerque, New Mexico USA. Violinist. Taught violin making by Silas Benjamin and John Hendershot from 1910. Active in New York; later established in Kansas City from 1915. Subsequently moved to Independence, Missouri to run a dairy. During World War II, at the request of the government, he converted the dairy into a bow factory and produced over a million machine-made bows which were acquired by the government. Retired to Albuquerque where he resumed violin making, using Stradivari models and also copies of his own Guarneri del Gesù 1719 violin. Like the bows, some were partly machine- made and 1,336 were completed. Some superior hand-made bows are also recorded.
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Chase Chartier worked 1912
Earsel Vivian Atchley b. 1906
H. J. Pohl worked 1928
John Corder 1880–1960
Kindig worked 1900
L. V. Porter 1880–1970