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Anton SCHUMACHER

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John Dilworth

SCHUMACHER, Anton Born 1846 Wangen, died 1916 Laufen Switzerland. Organist and self-taught violin maker, active from 1899. Worked in association with Wilhelm Christ in Basle, following the latter’s varnishing ideas and using a tempera ground. Instruments jointly labelled and branded internally: Anton Schumacher in Laufen / Wilhelm Christ in Basel / gebaut anno 1913

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