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Comble, Ambroise de

Tournay · 1720 to 1785

Historical maker

Named in 3 books.

What the books printed

Violin tone and violin makers, London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. Page 158, scan 180.
DE COMBLE, AMBROISE.—Tournay; about 1735 and later. Reputed to have worked with Antonio Stradivari, which is unlikely. Work not usually highly finished. Varnish red, of fine quality. Well-cut scrolls. Labels are written. There seem to be more violoncellos than violins of his make in this country.
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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 19, scan 43. Held as more than one scan.
DE COMBLE, AMBROISE, Tournay, 1740 to 1785. A pupil of Stradivarius at Cremona. His violins are of great merit. The label used by De Comble is reproduced on Plate 15.
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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. p. 19. Held as more than one scan.
As printed on this page: "DE COMBLE, AMBROISE, Tournay, 1740 to 1785. A pupil of Stradivarius at Cremona. His violins are of great merit. The label used by De Comble is reproduced on Plate 15."
The fiddle fancier's guide, Fleming, James M.. London, Haynes, Foucher & co., 1892. Scan 60. Held as more than one scan.
COMBLE, AMBROISE DE, Tournay, 1720—1755. This
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  • 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.
  • Also on this site as De Comble, Ambroise

Same name

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

Same town, same time

4 other Tournay makers have a year in the 1700s.

All Tournay makers