Charles Silk Willis
b. 1883
1914 Caversham UK. Leather merchant and amateur maker. Worked briefly in Reading. Some instruction from F. W. Chanot. Guarneri model with orange-red varnish. Small output. C. S. Willis. / Maker. /Reading. 19.. — John Dilworth
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John Dilworth+
WILLIS, Charles Silk Born 1883 Walsall, Worked circa. 1914 Caversham UK. Leather merchant and amateur maker. Worked briefly in Reading. Some instruction from F. W. Chanot. Guarneri model with orange-red varnish. Small output. C. S. Willis. / Maker. /Reading. 19..
Henri Poidras+
Contemporary amateur maker. Pupil of A. Chanot of London. Follows the model of Joseph Guarnerius and coats his instruments with a red-orange oil varnish. Skilled repairer.
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