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Lagetto, Louis

Paris · worked 1745 to 1753

Historical maker

Named in 4 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 54, scan 62.
Lagetto, Louis. An Italian maker who was working in Paris, 1745-53, at the sign of "La ville de Crémone" in the rue des Saints-Pères. He …
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 54, scan 64. Held as more than one scan.
Lagetto, Louis. An Italian maker who was working in Paris, 1745-53, at the sign of "La ville de Crémone" in the rue des Saints-Pères. He …
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Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 258, scan 282.
LAGETTO, Louis. An Italian maker; Paris, 1745-53; early Italian model.
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An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 33, scan 55. Held as more than one scan.
LAGETTO, LOUIS, Paris, 1745 to 1753.
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  • 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.
  • Also on this site as Louis, Lagetto

Labels the books quote

  • "Louis Lagetto, luthier rue des Saints-Pères faubourg Saint-Germain à Paris, 1753. 'A la ville de Crémone.' (Signed) Lagetto." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "Louis Lagetto, luthier rue des Saints-Pères faubourg Saint-Germain à Paris, 1753. 'A la ville de Crémone.' (Signed) Lagetto." (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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