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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1987
Page
13
William Schwartz, a Wisconsin craftsman, creates an unusual instrument named the two and. The deluxe model features a wood block pie pans bells rubber ball base beater spring bicycle bell colored bells and a Bermuda taxihorn.
William Schwartz of William Schwartz Associates markets the Stumpf Fiddle a hand crafted party instrument sold through music dealers taverns and ad reps. The four foot tall device weighs about five pounds uses 90 parts and emits sounds from pie pans springs and a wood block. Deluxe model adds bells and taxihorn with a party pack option priced around 175 dollars.
At 86, immigrant farm boy turned woodworker and painter Jacob Varnes reflects on a life split between farming, carving, and art. He sees his work as a gift to common people, with paintings of saws, milk cans, and Norwegian heritage roaming Wisconsin, Alaska, and Norway, while his wife Myrtle supports his craft and a quieter New Year’s resolve would be to play the organ more.
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