Bow & Bridge

Bourlier, Laurent

1737–1780

As printed

  1. An encyclopedia of the violin (1925)

    As printed on this page: “BOURLIER, LAURENT I, Mirecourt, b. about 1737, d. 1780.”

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  2. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Bourlier, Laurent, b. 1737, Mirecourt; d. 1780. Nothing known of this maker.

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    2. Bourgard, Jean. Worked in Nancy about 1780-87. In a violin, well made, with red varnish, was the label: "Ft par moi, Bourgard, facteur d'instruments, rue de la Posonnerie à Nancy, 1786."
    4. Bourlier, Laurent, b. 1737, Mirecourt; d. 1780. Nothing known of this maker.
    6. Boussu. Worked in Eterbeck-les-Bruxelles about 1750-80. Followed the Amati pattern, used yellow varnish; on the whole, made good instruments.

  3. A dictionary of violin makers (n.d.)

    Bourlier, Laurent, b. 1737, Mirecourt; d. 1780. Nothing known of this maker.

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    2. Bourgard, Jean. Worked in Nancy about 1780-87. In a violin, well made, with red varnish, was the label: "Ft par moi, Bourgard, facteur d'instruments, rue de la Poissonnerie à Nancy, 1786."
    4. Bourlier, Laurent, b. 1737, Mirecourt; d. 1780. Nothing known of this maker.
    6. Boussu. Worked in Eterbeck-les-Bruxelles about 1750-80. Followed the Amati pattern, used yellow varnish; on the whole, made good instruments.

Named in 3 books printed between 1896 and 1925. Read by software from scans of those pages, not yet checked by a person against the page. Entries from 3 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.

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Record note

Not established: that is this record’s honest state, resting on one thing alone — A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1896), naming this maker and nothing more. Entries from 3 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. No claim beyond what is printed there has been invented here. If more can be said, write in and tell us.

What the books say

Places and dates of work
Bourlier, Laurent, b. 1737, Mirecourt; d. 1780. Nothing known of this maker. reported1
Places and dates of work
Bourlier, Laurent, b. 1737, Mirecourt; d. 1780. Nothing known of this maker. reported1
Places and dates of work
Bourlier, Laurent, b. 1737, Mirecourt; d. 1780. Nothing known of this maker. reported1
Born (date and place)
Born 1737. As printed in the cited source: “Bourlier, Laurent, b. 1737” reported1
Died (date and place)
Died 1780. As printed in the cited source: “Bourlier, Laurent, b. 1737, Mirecourt; d. 1780” reported1
Places and dates of work
As printed on this page: “BOURLIER, LAURENT I, Mirecourt, b. about 1737, d. 1780.” reported1
Places and dates of work
As printed on this page: “BOURLIER, LAURENT I, Mirecourt, b. about 1737, d. 1780.” reported1

How the pages were read

7 of the 7 lines here were read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words), not by a person looking at the page image. 1 of them rests on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on its own line: “A DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS.”.

Notes

  1. Read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words, or a typed transcription), not by a person looking at the page image. ↩

The books behind this record

This record draws on 3 sources. Each is listed below with how it was read, because a claim read from a photo of the page is stronger than one read from machine text.

  1. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai.machine textcited for 3 linessource record

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  2. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol1899stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol1899stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London ; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai_0. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai_0.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  4. Alberto Bachmann, An encyclopedia of the violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

    p. 15

  5. Alberto Bachmann, An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

    p. 15