Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Alard

Paris · d. 1881

Historical maker

Named in 1 book.

What the books printed

Famous violinists of to-day and yesterday, Lahee, Henry Charles. Boston: L. C. Page, 1899. Page 145, scan 161.

Alard married the daughter of Vuillaume, one of the best violin makers of France, and through him became the owner of one of the most beautiful Stradivarius violins. Alard died in Paris, February 22, 1881.

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Same town, same time

230 other Paris makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:

born 1880 Piernot
born 1881 Mercioille, Jules
born 1881 Merciolle, Jules
born 1881 Pineau, Joseph
1882 Pingrier, Frédéric
1882 to 1924 Vigneron, André

All Paris makers

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