Bow & Bridge

Paul, Antoine-Saint

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  1. Dictionary of Violin makers (1928)

    PAUL (Antoine-Saint) — Paris circa 1770. Successor of Guersan. Very pretty make of the xviiiith century Parisian School. His sign-board was: « Au Luth Royal ».

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    2. PAUL (Pierre-Saint) — Paris circa 1740. Instruments of the Amati model. Grey-yellow or red varnish. He was established at rue Saint-André-des-Arts. Sign-board: « A la Lyre d’Apollon ». Nos 145-296.
    4. PAUL (Antoine-Saint) — Paris circa 1770. Successor of Guersan. Very pretty make of the xviiiith century Parisian School. His sign-board was: « Au Luth Royal ».

  2. An encyclopedia of the violin (1925)

    SAINT-PAUL, ANTOINE, Paris, 1768 to 1789.

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    1. SACCHINI, SABBATTINO (SEBASTIANO), Pesaro, 1670 to 1686.
    2. SACQUIN, ——, Paris, b. about 1811, d. 1860.
    3. SAINPRAE (SAINPRA), JAKOB, Berlin, 17th century.
    4. SAINT-PAUL, ANTOINE, Paris, 1768 to 1789.
    5. SAINT-PAUL, PIERRE, Paris, 1740 to 1743.
    6. SAJOT, ——, Paris, 1720 to 1734.
    7. SALLE, LE PÈRE, Paris, 1825 to 1850.

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Record note

What this record rests on is An encyclopedia of the violin (1925); An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1926); Dictionary of Violin makers (1928), naming this maker and nothing more. Entries from 2 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. Nothing else on this site confirms it and no claim has been invented beyond that naming — not established, until someone can tell us more.

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Places and dates of work
SAINT-PAUL, ANTOINE, Paris, 1768 to 1789. reported1
Places and dates of work
SAINT-PAUL, ANTOINE, Paris, 1768 to 1789. reported1
Places and dates of work
PAUL (Antoine-Saint) — Paris circa 1770. Successor of Guersan. Very pretty make of the xviiiith century Parisian School. His sign-board was: « Au Luth Royal ». reported1

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3 of the 3 lines here were read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words), not by a person looking at the page image. 1 of them rests on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on its own line: “VIOLIN MAKERS IN EUROPE”.

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The books behind this record

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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 1 linesource 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

    scan page 64, line 53

  3. 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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