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Ignazio Argento

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John Dilworth

ARGENTO, Ignazio Born 1917 Oakland, California USA. Musician and amateur maker since retirement 1975. Pupil of Niels Van Valkenburgh. Stradivari and Guarneri models using commercially prepared oil varnish. Credited with 36 violins, six violas, and three bows. Ignazio Argento / N.. 19.. N / Oakland, California [Wenberg]

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