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Louvet, Jean

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  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Louvet, Jean, brother of Pierre Louvet. He worked in Paris about 1730-60. His violins were not well made; they were varnished brown. …

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    1. Lott, John Frederick, second son of John Frederick Lott, sen.; d. 1871. He worked for Davis, of Coventry Street, London, and made skilful imitations of Italian instruments.
    2. Lotz, Theodor. A maker of good violins in Pressburg, 1730-40.
    3. Louis. There was a maker of this name in Geneva.
    4. Louvet, Jean, brother of Pierre Louvet. He worked in Paris about 1730-60. His violins were not well made; they were varnished brown. He chiefly made hurdy-gurdys and harps, and was one of the first to make pedal-harps. In the Paris Conservatoire Collection are two hurdy-gurdys, one dated 1733, made by Louvet, rue Grenier St.-Lazare; the other with the label: "Fait par Jean Louvet rue de la Croix-des-petits-Champs, près la porte St.-Honoré, Paris, 1750." In an alto was the label: "Louvet à la Vielle Royale rue Croix-des-petits-Champs à côté de la Porte Saint-Honoré à Paris, 1755"; a similar label in a hurdy-gurdy was dated 1757.
    5. Louvet, Pierre, brother of Jean Louvet; also worked in Paris about 1740-85. He chiefly made harps, which he signed "P. Louvet à Paris"; but a five-stringed viol is known, and two hurdy-gurdys, one, dated 1750, is prettily ornamented, the other is in the Paris Conservatoire Collection and has this label: "Fait par P. Louvet, rue Montmartre à Paris, à la Vielle Royale, juin, 1747." He later moved to the rue St.-Denis, and was still there in 1783.
    6. Ludici (Ludge), Geronimo Pietro. An amateur maker, working in Conegliano in 1709. Label: "Hieronymus Petrus de Ludice anima causa faciebat Conegliani, A.D. 1709."
    7. Lugloni, Giuseppe. A maker in Venice in 1777.

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

    Louvet, Jean, brother of Pierre Louvet. He worked in Paris about 1730-60. His violins were not well made; they were varnished brown. …

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    1. Lott, John Frederick, second son of John Frederick Lott, sen.; d. 1871. He worked for Davis, of Coventry Street, London, and made skilful imitations of Italian instruments.
    2. Lotz, Theodor. A maker of good violins in Pressburg, 1730-40.
    3. Louis. There was a maker of this name in Geneva.
    4. Louvet, Jean, brother of Pierre Louvet. He worked in Paris about 1730-60. His violins were not well made; they were varnished brown. He chiefly made hurdy-gurdys and harps, and was one of the first to make pedal-harps. In the Paris Conservatoire Collection are two hurdy-gurdys, one dated 1733, made by Louvet, rue Grenier St.-Lazare; the other with the label: "Fait par Jean Louvet rue de la Croix-des-petits-Champs, près la porte St.-Honoré, Paris, 1750." In an alto was the label: "Louvet à la Vielle Royale rue Croix-des-petits-Champs à côté de la Porte Saint-Honoré à Paris, 1755"; a similar label in a hurdy-gurdy was dated 1757.
    5. Louvet, Pierre, brother of Jean Louvet; also worked in Paris about 1740-85. He chiefly made harps, which he signed "P. Louvet à Paris"; but a five-stringed viol is known, and two hurdy-gurdys, one, dated 1750, is prettily ornamented, the other is in the Paris Conservatoire Collection and has this label: "Fait par P. Louvet, rue Montmartre à Paris, à la Vielle Royale, juin, 1747." He later moved to the rue St.-Denis, and was still there in 1783.
    6. Ludici (Ludge), Geronimo Pietro. An amateur maker, working in Conegliano in 1709. Label: "Hieronymus Petrus de Ludice anima causa faciebat Conegliani, A.D. 1709."
    7. Lugloni, Giuseppe. A maker in Venice in 1777.

  3. Dictionary of Violin makers (1928)

    LOUVET (Jean) — Paris circa 1770. Probably a relative of the one above. Same remarks.

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    2. LOUVET (Pierre) — Paris circa 1760. Maker of harps which are sought after by collectors. He has left a number of very finished violins and quintoles. Yellow brown varnish. No 303.
    4. LOUVET (Jean) — Paris circa 1770. Probably a relative of the one above. Same remarks.
    6. LUBANS (Charles) — Dunkirk 1850. Common work, yellow varnish.

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Louvet, Jean, brother of Pierre Louvet. He worked in Paris about 1730-60. His violins were not well made; they were varnished brown. … reported1
Places and dates of work
Louvet, Jean, brother of Pierre Louvet. He worked in Paris about 1730-60. His violins were not well made; they were varnished brown. … reported1
Places and dates of work
Louvet, Jean, brother of Pierre Louvet. He worked in Paris about 1730-60. His violins were not well made; they were varnished brown. … reported1
Places and dates of work
LOUVET (Jean) — Paris circa 1770. Probably a relative of the one above. Same remarks. reported1

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  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 1 linesource 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. Arnold Sewell, Dictionary of Violin makers (1928). archive.org, dictionaryofviol0000arno. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol0000arno.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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