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Nicolas, Didier L’Aine

1757–1833

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  1. An encyclopedia of the violin (1925)

    NICOLAS, DIDIER L’AINE, Mirecourt, b. Mirecourt, 1757, d. 1833. Son and pupil Antoine Nicolas. He made good cheap violins, but they cannot be judged …

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    2. NEZOT, ——, Paris, 1730 to 1760.
    4. NICOLAS, DIDIER L'AINE, Mirecourt, b. Mirecourt, 1757, d. 1833. Son and pupil Antoine Nicolas. He made good cheap violins, but they cannot be judged as works of art, although they have all the same good characteristics. His model is flat and suggestive of Stradivarius. With his attempts to change the regular form of the violin, he had, like many others, very little success. His varnish is reddish brown inclining toward yellow. He conducted the manufacture of violins on a large scale, and at times employed as many as six hundred men.
    6. NICOLAS, FRANÇOIS-FOURRIER, Paris, b. Mirecourt, 1758, d. 1816.

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Places and dates of work
NICOLAS, DIDIER L’AINE, Mirecourt, b. Mirecourt, 1757, d. 1833. Son and pupil Antoine Nicolas. He made good cheap violins, but they cannot be judged … reported1
Places and dates of work
NICOLAS, DIDIER L’AINE, Mirecourt, b. Mirecourt, 1757, d. 1833. Son and pupil Antoine Nicolas. He made good cheap violins, but they cannot be judged … reported1
Born (date and place)
Born 1757. As printed in the cited source: “NICOLAS, DIDIER L’AINE, Mirecourt, b. Mirecourt, 1757” reported1
Died (date and place)
Died 1833. As printed in the cited source: “NICOLAS, DIDIER L’AINE, Mirecourt, b. Mirecourt, 1757, d. 1833” reported1

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  1. Alberto Bachmann, An encyclopedia of the violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7.machine textcited for 3 linessource record

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  2. Alberto Bachmann, An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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