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Germain, Emile

Turin · b. 1853

Historical maker

Named in 3 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. p. 37.
As printed on this page: "Germain, Emile, son of Joseph Louis Germain, to whose business he succeeded in 1870; b. July 24, 1853, Paris. In 1865 he was sent to Mirecourt to be apprenticed to the trade, returned to Paris in 1867, and, …"
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. p. 37.
As printed on this page: "Germain, Emile, son of Joseph Louis Germain, to whose business he succeeded in 1870; b. July 24, 1853, Paris. In 1865 he was sent to Mirecourt to be apprenticed to the trade, returned to Paris in 1867, and, …"
Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 251, scan 275.
GERMAIN, Emile, son of Joseph Louis Germain. Turin, 1870-88. Studied at Mirecourt. Prolific maker, good varnish, fair tone, fine repairer.
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Same name

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

Same town, same time

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