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Dr. Wallace Belt

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John Dilworth

BELT, Dr Wallace E. Born 1857 Fond du Lac,Wisconsin, died 1948 Dodge Centre, Minnesota USA. A doctor of medicine. Began making violins in 1903. Self-taught. Moved to Dodge Center 1904 and established a shop there 1913. Produced and sold commercially ‘Succinum’ varnish. Made about 150 violins. Stradivari and Guarneri models. [Wenberg]

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