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Egid Sandner

b. 1851

after 1918. Pupil of A. Schaefer. Established independently from 1875 making Stainer copies for the export trade. Manufactured and sold his own varnish as ‘English Violin-varnish’. Copy of / Jacobus Stainer / Made in Austria. — John Dilworth

Taught by A. Schaefer

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John Dilworth+

Egid Born 1851, d. after 1918. Pupil of A. Schaefer. Established independently from 1875 making Stainer copies for the export trade. Manufactured and sold his own varnish as ‘English Violin-varnish’. Copy of / Jacobus Stainer / Made in Austria.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Schüler von A. Schäfer. Im Jahre 1875 errichtete er sein eigenes Geschäft, in dem hauptsächlich Stainer-Geigen nachgeahmt werden. Er verwendet sog. englischen Geigenlack. Da seine Geigen besonders für den Export bestimmt sind, tragen sie die Marke:

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