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Violins Maker Ed Cooper of Lawton Builds Repairs and Plays
Ed Cooper a 73 year old Lawton violin maker and repairer says he is one of the new authentic violin makers in the U S. He spends about 50 years building repairing violins and other stringed instruments while handling about 75 violins a year as a hobby in his workshop. He uses maple and spruce pine wood varnish and handmade tools and describes a precise graduating technique where a hair's difference in thickness changes tone. Cooper has sold only a few instruments he called his best and also makes miniature violins and teaches violin while performing with local orchestras.
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