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Flac, Philippe

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  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Flac, Philippe, b. about 1532. A maker of lutes and guitars in Lyons about 1568-72.

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    2. Fischer, Zacharie, b. Nov. 5, 1730, Würzburg; d. there Nov. 27, 1812. He announced, in 1786, that in making his instruments he employed a new method by means of which they equalled those of Stradivari and of Stainer. This was the method of drying the wood in an oven, which has since often been tried but never found to answer, as it is impossible to make the process gradual enough, the result being that the tone loses all brilliancy. His instruments are liked.
    4. Flac, Philippe, b. about 1532. A maker of lutes and guitars in Lyons about 1568-72.
    6. Fletté or Hetté, Benoist. Worked in Paris about 1756-63. Few of his instruments are known.

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

    Flac, Philippe, b. about 1532. A maker of lutes and guitars in Lyons about 1568-72.

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    2. Fischer, Zacharie, b. Nov. 5, 1730, Würzburg; d. there Nov. 27, 1812. He announced, in 1786, that in making his instruments he employed a new method by means of which they equalled those of Stradivari and of Stainer. This was the method of drying the wood in an oven, which has since often been tried but never found to answer, as it is impossible to make the process gradual enough, the result being that the tone loses all brilliancy. His instruments are liked.
    4. Flac, Philippe, b. about 1532. A maker of lutes and guitars in Lyons about 1568-72.
    6. Fletté (or Hetté), Benoist. Worked in Paris about 1756-63. Few of his instruments are known.

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Printed in A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1896), and nowhere else on this site: that is the entire basis of this maker’s record. 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 the printed naming is invented here — not established is the accurate word for it, and we want to hear from you if that can change.

What the books say

Places and dates of work
Flac, Philippe, b. about 1532. A maker of lutes and guitars in Lyons about 1568-72. reported1
Places and dates of work
Flac, Philippe, b. about 1532. A maker of lutes and guitars in Lyons about 1568-72. reported1
Places and dates of work
Flac, Philippe, b. about 1532. A maker of lutes and guitars in Lyons about 1568-72. 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.”.

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  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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