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Cousineau, Georges

1753–1824

Also recorded as: Cousineau, Georges (or Pierre Joseph)

As printed

  1. Old violins (1905)

    Cousineau, Georges, 1753-1824. In 1788 was entitled “Luthier de la reine”; made all sorts of instruments.

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    1. COSTA, Agostino. Brescia and Venice in the seventeenth century.
    2. COSTA, Marco della. Treviso, 1660-80.
    3. COSTA, Pietro Antonio della. Worked in Treviso about 1740-65; fair Amati model.
    4. Cousineau, Georges, 1753-1824. In 1788 was entitled "Luthier de la reine"; made all sorts of instruments.
    5. Cramond, Charles. A maker in Aberdeen, 1821-34.
    6. Crask, George. Worked in various places, Salford, Manchester, etc.; prolific worker; Italian pattern.
    7. Cross, Nathaniel. London about 1700-51. (See p. 125.)

  2. An encyclopedia of the violin (1925)

    COUSINEAU, GEORGES (OR PIERRE JOSEPH), Paris, 1769 to 1788.

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    1. CORNELLI, CARLO, Cremona, 1702.
    2. CORSBY, ——, Northampton, 1770 to 1780.
    3. CORSBY, GEORGE, London, 1789 to 1830.
    4. COUSINEAU, GEORGES (OR PIERRE JOSEPH), Paris, 1769 to 1788.
    5. CRAMOND, CHARLES, Aberdeen, 1800 to 1834.
    6. CRASKE (CRASK), GEORGE, Bath, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Manchester, Stockport, b. Bury St. Edmunds, 1797, d. Stockport, 1888.
    7. CRISTOFORI (CRISTOFALI), BARTOLOMMEO, Florence, b. about 1667, d. after 1720.

Named in 2 books printed between 1905 and 1925. 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 likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

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Record note

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What the books say

Places and dates of work
Cousineau, Georges, 1753-1824. In 1788 was entitled “Luthier de la reine”; made all sorts of instruments. reported1
Born (date and place)
Born 1753. As printed in the cited source: “Cousineau, Georges, 1753-1824” reported1
Died (date and place)
Died 1824. As printed in the cited source: “Cousineau, Georges, 1753-1824” reported1
Places and dates of work
COUSINEAU, GEORGES (OR PIERRE JOSEPH), Paris, 1769 to 1788. reported1
Places and dates of work
COUSINEAU, GEORGES (OR PIERRE JOSEPH), Paris, 1769 to 1788. reported1

How the pages were read

5 of the 5 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. 2 of them rest on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on their own line: “DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS”, “VIOLIN MAKERS IN EUROPE”.

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The books behind this record

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  1. Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald), 1839-1901, Old violins (Edinburgh, Grant, 1905). archive.org, oldviolins00hawe. https://archive.org/details/oldviolins00hawe.machine textcited for 3 linessource record

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  2. 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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  3. 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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