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

Cuypers, Johannes the Elder

about 1720

Historical maker

Named in 1 book.

What the books printed

Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 259.

CUYPERS (Johannes the Elder) — The Hague circa 1720. Excellent maker of violins whose work of genuine value recalls that of the Italian School. No 493.

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Same name

Cuypers, Jan
The Hague · b. 1719, d. after 1806
Cuypers, Jan (der Alte)
The Hague · 1707
Cuypers, Jan (Johannes) der Alte
The Hague · 1707
Cuypers, Johannes
No town printed · about 1779
Cuypers, Johannes Bernardus
The Hague · 1810
Cuypers, Johannes Frans
Amsterdam · 1783

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 1 more Cuypers page under C.

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