Bow & Bridge

Pacherele, Pierre

1803–1871

As printed

  1. Old violins (1905)

    PACHERELE, Pierre. 1803, Mirecourt; 1871, Nice; fellow-apprentice of J. B. Vuillaume at Mirecourt; worked at Genoa, and with Pressenda, Turin; made a great many violins, altos, and violoncellos, all of good workmanship; varnish too thick; took Stradivari for his model; a clever repairer.

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    2. PACHERELE, Michel. A maker in Paris in 1779; followed Guersan; slightly arched; yellow varnish.
    4. PACHERELE, Pierre. 1803, Mirecourt; 1871, Nice; fellow-apprentice of J. B. Vuillaume at Mirecourt; worked at Genoa, and with Pressenda, Turin; made a great many violins, altos, and violoncellos, all of good workmanship; varnish too thick; took Stradivari for his model; a clever repairer.
    6. PACQUET. From Aix; working in Marseilles in 1785.

  2. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    As printed on this page: “Pacherele, Pierre, b. 1803, Mirecourt; d. Dec. 31, 1871, Nice. Was a fellow-apprentice of J. B. Vuillaume at Mirecourt. After 1830 he moved about, working first at Nice, then at Genoa, then at Turin with Press…”

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

    As printed on this page: “Pacherele, Pierre, b. 1803, Mirecourt; d. Dec. 31, 1871, Nice. Was a fellow-apprentice of J. B. Vuillaume at Mirecourt. After 1830 he moved about, working first at Nice, then at Genoa, then at Turin with Press…”

    p. 69

Named in 3 books printed between 1896 and 1905. Read by software from scans of those pages, not yet checked by a person against the page. Entries from 3 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.

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What the books say

Places and dates of work
PACHERELE, Pierre. 1803, Mirecourt; 1871, Nice; fellow-apprentice of J. B. Vuillaume at Mirecourt; worked at Genoa, and with Pressenda, Turin; made a great many violins, altos, and violoncellos, all of good workmanship; varnish too thick; took Stradivari for his model; a clever repairer. reported1
Places and dates of work
As printed on this page: “Pacherele, Pierre, b. 1803, Mirecourt; d. Dec. 31, 1871, Nice. Was a fellow-apprentice of J. B. Vuillaume at Mirecourt. After 1830 he moved about, working first at Nice, then at Genoa, then at Turin with Press…” reported1
Born (date and place)
Born 1803. As printed in the cited source: “Pacherele, Pierre, b. 1803” reported1
Died (date and place)
Died 1871. As printed in the cited source: “Pacherele, Pierre, b. 1803, Mirecourt; d. Dec. 31, 1871” reported1
Places and dates of work
As printed on this page: “Pacherele, Pierre, b. 1803, Mirecourt; d. Dec. 31, 1871, Nice. Was a fellow-apprentice of J. B. Vuillaume at Mirecourt. After 1830 he moved about, working first at Nice, then at Genoa, then at Turin with Press…” reported1

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5 of the 5 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: “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 3 sources, all read from machine text. The count weighs how well each source was read, not just how many are cited. A stack of half-read sources does not outweigh one page read properly.

  1. Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald), 1839-1901, Old violins (Edinburgh, Grant, 1905). archive.org, oldviolins00hawe. https://archive.org/details/oldviolins00hawe.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, dictionaryofviol00stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai.machine textcited for 3 linessource record

    p. 69

  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

    p. 69