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Charles Henry Vortreide

b. 1916

Surgeon and amateur violin maker. Pupil of Clarence Buchanan, Eugene Saunders, and Frank Brown from 1930. Stradivari and Guarneri models. Michelman varnish. 42 instruments completed. [Wenberg] — John Dilworth

Taught by Clarence Buchanan

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VORTREIDE, Charles Henry Born 1916 Toledo, Ohio, Worked Detroit, Michigan USA. Surgeon and amateur violin maker. Pupil of Clarence Buchanan, Eugene Saunders, and Frank Brown from 1930. Stradivari and Guarneri models. Michelman varnish. 42 instruments completed. [Wenberg]

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