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Roman Josef Klier

Luby, 1904–1950

Pupil of his father and of Georg Winterling. Worked for Walter Geipel in Mannheim c.1920 and for Robert Laumann in Budapest. Emigrated to the USA 1927. Employed by Wurlitzer in New York from 1933. Stradivari and Guarneri models with own golden brown oil varnish. — John Dilworth

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Roman Josef, Born 1904 Luby, died 1950 New York USA. Pupil of his father and of Georg Winterling. Worked for Walter Geipel in Mannheim c.1920 and for Robert Laumann in Budapest. Emigrated to the USA 1927. Employed by Wurlitzer in New York from 1933. Stradivari and Guarneri models with own golden brown oil varnish.

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