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Guy H. Mover

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John Dilworth

MOVER, Guy H. Born 1893 Freeburg, Pennsylvania USA. Studied violin playing and became a soloist. Pupil of F. C. Williams of South Bend, Indiana for violin making; also gained experience in Paris. Worked at Freeburg. Stradivarian and Guarnerian modelling. 70 instruments up to the year 1942. Experimented in varnish for several years and finally found one called ‘welded varnish’; orange and red shades.

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