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Pons, César

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  1. Dictionary of Violin makers (1928)

    PONS (César) — Grenoble circa 1780. Guitars and violins, the latter being arched and of good workmanship.

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    2. PONS (L.) — Grenoble towards 1800. Violins and guitars. Branded.
    4. PONS (César) — Grenoble circa 1780. Guitars and violins, the latter being arched and of good workmanship.
    6. PRÉVOST (Charles) — Paris circa 1780. Good medium class make of that period. His sign-board was « Au Dieu Apollon » and he lived in the rue de la Verrerie.

  2. An encyclopedia of the violin (1925)

    PONS, CESAR, Grenoble, 1750 to 1808.

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    1. PLATNER, MICHAEL, Rome, 1735 to 1750.
    2. PLUMEREL, JEAN, Mirecourt, 1727 to 1751.
    3. POLIS, LUCA DE, Cremona, 1751.
    4. PONS, CESAR, Grenoble, 1750 to 1808.
    5. PONS, ——, Paris, 1788 to 1800.
    6. POWELL, THOMAS I, London, 1780 to 1808.
    7. PRESSENDA, GIANFRANCESCO, Alba, Carmagnola, later Turin, b. Sequio Berra or Turin, 1777, d. 1854. Son of Raffaelo Pressenda, a traveling musician who gave lessons in violin playing. Gianfrancesco was a pupil of Lorenzo Storioni. In 1814 he came to Alba and there settled down as a violin maker. He is one of the few violin makers of the nineteenth century whose work is much imitated at the present time. One of his violins, made in the year 1814, was in the possession of Waldemar Meyer. The label used by Pressenda is reproduced on Plate 5, and one of his instruments on Plate 10.

  3. An encyclopedia of the violin (n.d.)

    PONS, CESAR, Grenoble, 1750 to 1808.

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    1. PLATNER, MICHAEL, Rome, 1735 to 1750.
    2. PLUMEREL, JEAN, Mirecourt, 1727 to 1751.
    3. POLIS, LUCA DE, Cremona, 1751.
    4. PONS, CESAR, Grenoble, 1750 to 1808.
    5. PONS, ——, Paris, 1788 to 1800.
    6. POWELL, THOMAS I, London, 1780 to 1808.
    7. PRESSENDA, GIANFRANCESCO, Alba, Carmagnola, later Turin, b. Sequio Berra or Turin, 1777, d. 1854. Son of Raffaelo Pressenda, a traveling musician who gave lessons in violin playing. Gianfrancesco was a pupil of Lorenzo Storioni. In 1814 he came to Alba and there settled down as a violin maker. He is one of the few violin makers of the nineteenth century whose work is much imitated at the present time. One of his violins, made in the year 1814, was in the possession of Waldemar Meyer. The label used by Pressenda is reproduced on Plate 5, and one of his instruments on Plate 10.

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An encyclopedia of the violin (1925); An encyclopedia of the violin (1925); An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1926); Dictionary of Violin makers (1928) is what this record is built on, nothing more. 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. No claim beyond that naming has been invented here, so not established is the honest state of the record — tell us if you can change it.

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Places and dates of work
PONS, CESAR, Grenoble, 1750 to 1808. reported1
Places and dates of work
PONS, CESAR, Grenoble, 1750 to 1808. reported1
Places and dates of work
PONS, CESAR, Grenoble, 1750 to 1808. reported1
Places and dates of work
PONS (César) — Grenoble circa 1780. Guitars and violins, the latter being arched and of good workmanship. reported1

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4 of the 4 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: “VIOLIN MAKERS IN EUROPE”.

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  1. Alberto Bachmann, An encyclopedia of the violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  2. Bachmann, Alberto and Ysaye, Eugene, An encyclopedia of the violin (New York, Da Capo Press, n.d.). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000bach_r6r5. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000bach_r6r5.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Alberto Bachmann, An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  4. Arnold Sewell, Dictionary of Violin makers (1928). archive.org, dictionaryofviol0000arno. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol0000arno.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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