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Duiffoproucard, Gaspard

Lyon · about 1562

Historical maker

Named in 1 book.

What the books printed

Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 126.

DUIFFOPROUCARD (Gaspard) — Lyons circa 1562. Viol maker. Presumed to be one of the inventors of the violin. Read the historical study with documentary …

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Same name

Duiffoproucard, Jean
Lyon · about 1585

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.

Same town, same time

16 other Lyon makers have a year in the 1500s. A few of them:

All Lyon makers

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