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Louis Joseph Ropson

b. 1903

Farmer and violin maker. Stradivari and Guarneri models. Soft orange-red or red-brown oil varnish. About 60 violins made. Also 15 violas judged to be of better quality than the violins. [Wenberg] — John Dilworth

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ROPSON, Louis Joseph Born 1903, Worked from 1932 Dyckesville, Wisconsin USA. Farmer and violin maker. Stradivari and Guarneri models. Soft orange-red or red-brown oil varnish. About 60 violins made. Also 15 violas judged to be of better quality than the violins. [Wenberg]

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