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Boivin, Claude

Paris · about 1730 to 1754

Historical maker

Named in 4 books.

What the books printed

The violin, Hart, George. London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884. Page 223, scan 293.
BOIVIN, Claude, about 1749, Paris, M. Chouquet in his Catalogue Raisonné of the instruments at the Paris Conservatoire, describes a Guitar by this maker, made for a daughter of Louis XV.
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 11, scan 19.
Boivin, Claude. A maker in Paris about 1735-53. A violin with rose-coloured varnish was well made and had the label: "Claude Boivin, rue …
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 11, scan 21. Held as more than one scan.
Boivin, Claude. A maker in Paris about 1735-53. A violin with rose-coloured varnish was well made and had the label: "Claude Boivin, rue …
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An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 15, scan 37. Held as more than one scan.
BOIVIN, CLAUDE, Paris, 1730 to 1754.
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Another scan of this book reads the same line with small differences; this is one of the readings.
  • Entries from 4 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

Labels the books quote

  • "Claude Boivin, rue Tiquetonne, 'à la guitare royale,' à Paris, 1746." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "Claude Boivin, rue Tiquetonne, 'à la guitare royale,' à Paris, 1746." (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.

Same town, same time

267 other Paris makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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