Padstow School
William Edwin Nance
Padstow, b. 1837
Violinist and self-taught maker, active from c.1853. Later fully engaged as a coal merchant, but resumed making in Penarth, Wales c.1900. Untutored work on variable models with local materials. Completed about 100 instruments which were distributed amongst friends. — John Dilworth
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NANCE, William Edwin Born 1837 Padstow, Cornwall, from 1900 Penarth, Wales UK. Violinist and self-taught maker, active from c.1853. Later fully engaged as a coal merchant, but resumed making in Penarth, Wales c.1900. Untutored work on variable models with local materials. Completed about 100 instruments which were distributed amongst friends.
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