Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Moitessier, Louis

Mirecourt · 1780 to 1825

Historical maker

Named in 3 books.

What the books printed

Old violins and violin lore, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). London: W. Reeves, 1900. Scan 281.
MOITESSIER, Louis. Mirecourt, 1780 to 1825. He made a large number of instruments; many violins; rather common; fair tone.
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Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 262, scan 286.
MOITESSIER, Louis. Mirecourt, 1780 to 1825. He made a large number of instruments; many violins; rather common; fair tone.
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An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 36, scan 58. Held as more than one scan.
MOITESSIER, LOUIS, Mirecourt, 1781 to 1824.
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Another scan of this book reads the same line with small differences; this is one of the readings.
  • Entries from 3 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.

Same name

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

Same town, same time

386 other Mirecourt makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

All Mirecourt makers