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

Pierray, Claude

Paris · 1698 to 1726

Historical maker

Named in 3 books.

What the books printed

An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 39, scan 61. Held as more than one scan.
PIERRAY, CLAUDE, Paris, 1698 to 1726. One of the best representatives of the Paris school. His violins are made in small and large patterns, …
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Violin tone and violin makers, London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. Page 229, scan 251.
PIERRAY, CLAUDE.—Paris; late seventeenth century to about 1726. Whether or not this excellent maker worked in Italy, as has been surmised, …
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Catalog of rare old violins, violas, violoncellos, bows of rare makes, 1921. p. 47.
As printed on this page: "CLAUDE PIERRAY, PARIS, ABOUT 1720"
  • 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.

Same name

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

Same town, same time

34 other Paris makers have a year in the 1600s. A few of them:

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