Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Snoeck, Egidius

Brussels · 1700 to 1731

Historical maker

Named in 5 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 83, scan 91.
Snoeck (Schnoeck), Egidius. A maker in Brussels in 1731. Instruments are known of his, which are well made on the Amati pattern, with beautiful red-brown varnish. Label: "Egidius Snoeck tot Brussel, 1731."
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 83, scan 93. Held as more than one scan.
Snoeck (Schnoeck), Egidius. A maker in Brussels in 1731. Instruments are known of his, which are well made on the Amati pattern, with beautiful red brown varnish. Label: "Egidius Snoeck tot Brussel, 1731."
Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 273, scan 297.
SNOECK (Schnoeck), Egidius. Brussels, 1731. Amati pattern; dark reddish varnish.
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 41, scan 65. Held as more than one scan.
SNOECK (SCHNOECK), EGIDIUS, Brussels, 1700 to 1730.
Snoeck (Schnoeck), Egidius. — Brüssel. 1700. 1730
  • Entries from 5 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.

Labels the books quote

  • "Egidius Snoeck tot Brussel, 1731." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "Egidius Snoeck tot Brussel, 1731." (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

21 other Brussels makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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