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Larcher, Pierre

Tours · 1760 to 1785

Historical maker

Named in 5 books.

Also recorded as: Larcher, P.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 55, scan 63.
Larcher, Pierre. A maker in Tours, 1785. He was a pupil of Guersan in Paris, but his work is very dissimilar; he used a brown varnish of poor quality. Label: "Larcher, Pierre, luthier de Paris, élève de Guersan, Grande Rue au Grand Dauphin à Tours, 1785."
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 55, scan 65. Held as more than one scan.
Larcher, Pierre. A maker in Tours, 1785. He was a pupil of Guersan in Paris, but his work is very dissimilar; he used a brown varnish of poor quality. Label: "Larcher, Pierre, luthier de Paris, élève de Guersan, Grande Rue au Grand Dauphin à Tours, 1785."
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Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 145.
LARCHER (Pierre) — Paris and Tours about 1760. Worked with Guersan whom he did not follow. Brown varnish. Ordinary workmanship. No 274.
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Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 258, scan 282.
LARCHER, Pierre. Tours, 1785. Pupil of Guersan, Paris, but work dissimilar; brown varnish of poor quality.
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Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904. Page 786, scan 808.
Larcher, P. 1780.
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  • 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

  • "Larcher, Pierre, luthier de Paris, élève de Guersan, Grande Rue au Grand Dauphin à Tours, 1785." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "Larcher, Pierre, luthier de Paris, élève de Guersan, Grande Rue au Grand Dauphin à Tours, 1785." (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)

Same name

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