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Ouvrard, Jean

Paris · about 1725 to 1746

Historical maker

Named in 4 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 69, scan 77.
Ouvrard, Jean. A maker in Paris about 1725-46. Pupil of Claude Pierray. A violoncello is known, beautifully made, with very fine golden-coloured varnish; also a small six-stringed viol dated 1726, and a five-stringed viol labelled "place de l'Ecole, à Paris, 1745."
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 69, scan 79. Held as more than one scan.
Ouvrard, Jean. A maker in Paris about 1725-46. Pupil of Claude Pierray. A violoncello is known, beautifully made, with very fine golden-coloured varnish; also a small six-stringed viol dated 1726, and a five-stringed viol labelled "place de l'Ecole, à Paris, 1745."
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Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 158.
OUVRARD (Jean) — Paris towards 1740. Pupil of Claude Pierray who is a credit to his master. His gold-yellow varnish lacks suppleness. No 131.
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Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 264, scan 288.
OUVRARD, Jean. 1725-46; pupil of Claude Pierray. Transition maker, but true violoncello pattern, though continued to make viols.
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  • Entries from 4 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

  • "place de l'Ecole, à Paris, 1745." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "place de l'Ecole, à Paris, 1745." (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)

Same name

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

Same town, same time

267 other Paris makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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