Philadelphia School
Lewis F. Linn
Philadelphia, b. 1883
LINN, Lewis F. Born 1883 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Worked circa. 1930 Los Angeles USA. Musician and self-taught violin maker, with some guidance from Sewell Boyce. Established in Buffalo, New York, and from c.1930 in Los Angeles. More than 100 violins on Stradivari model with red-brown oil varnish\u{2026} — John Dilworth
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LINN, Lewis F. Born 1883 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Worked circa. 1930 Los Angeles USA. Musician and self-taught violin maker, with some guidance from Sewell Boyce. Established in Buffalo, New York, and from c.1930 in Los Angeles. More than 100 violins on Stradivari model with red-brown oil varnish.
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