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Audinot, Nestor Dominique

Mirecourt · b. 1842

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

What the books printed

Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 240, scan 264.
Audinot, Nestor Dominique, b. at Mirecourt 1842; worked under Sébastien Vuillaume; took up his business in 1875 at the age of seventeen; is very industrious, and makes excellent instruments. Labels: "N. Audinot, luthier, élève de Vuillaume, Paris."
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 5, scan 13.
Audinot, Nestor Dominique, b. Dec. 12, 1842, Mirecourt. Apprenticed to his father there. 1863-68, worked under Sébastien Vuillaume in Paris, succeeded …
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Labels the books quote

  • "N. Audinot, luthier, élève de Vuillaume, Paris 18—," (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "N. Audinot, 17, Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle, année 18—." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "N. Audinot, luthier, élève de Vuillaume, Paris." (Old violins, 1905)

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 5 more Audinot pages under A.

Same town, same time

154 other Mirecourt makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:

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