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Bomé, Thomas

As printed

  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Bomé, Thomas. In a violin of ordinary workmanship in the Paris Conservatoire Collection is the following label: “Thomas Bomé, Versailles, 1790.”

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    2. Bomberghi, Lorenzo. A maker in Florence towards the end of the 17th century.
    4. Bomé, Thomas. In a violin of ordinary workmanship in the Paris Conservatoire Collection is the following label: "Thomas Bomé, Versailles, 1790."
    6. Bongars, Simon. Only known by a bass-viol with six strings, dated 1655.

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

    Bomé, Thomas. In a violin of ordinary workmanship in the Paris Conservatoire Collection is the following label. “Thomas Bomé, Versailles, 1790.”

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    2. Bomberghi, Lorenzo A maker in Florence towards the end of the 17th century.
    4. Bomé, Thomas. In a violin of ordinary workmanship in the Paris Conservatoire Collection is the following label. "Thomas Bomé, Versailles, 1790."
    6. Bongars, Simon. Only known by a bass-viol with six strings, dated 1655.

Named in 2 books, all printed 1896. Read by software from scans of those pages, not yet checked by a person against the page. Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them near-certain the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

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Record note

Not established is the honest state of this record: it rests on one or more sources naming this maker, and nothing else on this site confirms it. Printed in: A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1896). Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them near-certain the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record. No claim beyond what those sources state has been invented here; if you can add to it, we want to hear from you.

What the books say

Places and dates of work
Bomé, Thomas. In a violin of ordinary workmanship in the Paris Conservatoire Collection is the following label. “Thomas Bomé, Versailles, 1790.” reported1
Places and dates of work
Bomé, Thomas. In a violin of ordinary workmanship in the Paris Conservatoire Collection is the following label. “Thomas Bomé, Versailles, 1790.” reported1
Places and dates of work
Bomé, Thomas. In a violin of ordinary workmanship in the Paris Conservatoire Collection is the following label: “Thomas Bomé, Versailles, 1790.” reported1

How the pages were read

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: “A DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS.”.

Notes

  1. Read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words, or a typed transcription), not by a person looking at the page image. ↩

The books behind this record

This record draws on 2 sources. Each is listed below with how it was read, because a claim read from a photo of the page is stronger than one read from machine text.

  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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