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Arling Shaeffer

right|thumb|The book Elite Mandolin Instructor by Arling Shaeffer, published by Lyon and Healy, Chicago, 1891.right|thumb|The book Elite Guitar Instructor by Arling Shaeffer, published by Lyon and Healy, Chicago, 1895.

Arling Shaeffer (1859 – February 21, 1943) was an American composer and arranger.

Shaeffer was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in 1859. He was also a musician known for his mastery of fretted instruments such as the guitar, mandolin, ukulele, and banjo. He wrote a mandolin method book, Elite Mandolin Instructor, published by Lyon and Healy in 1891, and a guitar method book, the Elite Guitar Instructor, published in 1895.

Shaeffer died in Marinette, Wisconsin on February 21, 1943 and was buried in Fond du Lac.

Source: Arling Shaeffer, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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