St. Paul School
Stephen Kujawa
St. Paul, 1886–1980
Self-taught maker, active from c.1900. Worked briefly for Charles Herbrig. About 100 instruments made on Stradivari and Guarneri models. Made and sold his own oil varnish marketed as ‘Old Italian Cremona Varnish’. [Wenberg] — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
KUJAWA, Stephen Born 1886, died 1980 St Paul, Minnesota USA. Self-taught maker, active from c.1900. Worked briefly for Charles Herbrig. About 100 instruments made on Stradivari and Guarneri models. Made and sold his own oil varnish marketed as ‘Old Italian Cremona Varnish’. [Wenberg]
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Working in St. Paul at the same time
C. Bodin worked 1905
C. E. Nelson worked 1913–1922
Carl Churchward b. 1901
Carl Jensen worked 1920–1924
Charles Edward Herbrig 1884–1959
George Beyer b. 1887
H. S. Jackman worked 1915