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    Joseph M. Lafournaise

    Belcourt, b. 1916

    LAFOURNAISE, Joseph M. Born 1916 Belcourt, North Dakota, Worked circa. 1977 Anchorage, Alaska USA. Violin maker since retirement 1977. 28 violins and seven violas on Stradivari and personal models with dark red-brown commercial oil varnish. [Wenberg] — John Dilworth
    Worked Belcourt
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    LAFOURNAISE, Joseph M. Born 1916 Belcourt, North Dakota, Worked circa. 1977 Anchorage, Alaska USA. Violin maker since retirement 1977. 28 violins and seven violas on Stradivari and personal models with dark red-brown commercial oil varnish. [Wenberg]

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