Newbury School
Alec Mccurdy
Newbury, b. 1914
after 2010 Newbury, Berkshire UK. Trained as a fine furniture maker; later a cello maker. Stradivari models. Fine work but insisted on using clear unpigmented varnish on the theory that colour would develop naturally over time. — John Dilworth
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McCURDY, Alec Born 1914, d. after 2010 Newbury, Berkshire UK. Trained as a fine furniture maker; later a cello maker. Stradivari models. Fine work but insisted on using clear unpigmented varnish on the theory that colour would develop naturally over time.
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