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William Edward Mepham

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John Dilworth

MEPHAM, William Edward Born 1875, Worked from 1906 Arlington, Virginia USA. Initially self-taught from a reading of Heron Allen Violin Making as it was and is. Worked for seven years for Luther Heiges c.1920. Then employed by Burdwise Co., Baltimore 1925. One early violin modelled on Stradivari; the remainder on Guarneri patterns. Red-brown oil varnish. Made by William E. Mepham W.E.M. / Baltimore. Md./ No.. 19..

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