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Renaudin, Leopold

Paris · b. 1749

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 76, scan 84.
Renaudin, Léopold, b. 1749, at Mirecourt; guillotined, May 7, 1795. He settled in Paris, living in the rue St.-Honoré from 1776 till his death, …
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 76, scan 86. Held as more than one scan.
Renaudin, Léopold, b. 1749, at Mirecourt; guillotined May 7, 1795. He settled in Paris, living in the rue St-Honoré from 1776 till his death, …
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  • Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and nobody has judged yet whether they mean the same person.
  • May be the same person as Renaudin, Leopold
  • Also on this site as Léopold, Renaudin

Labels the books quote

  • "'Aux amateurs.' Renaudin, luthier, fait toutes sortes d'instruments, rue Saint-Honoré près l'Opéra, 1783" (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "Léopold Renaudin (the address illegible), année 1789." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "'Aux amateurs.' Renaudin, luthier, fait toutes sortes d'instruments, rue Saint-Honoré près l'Opéra, 1783" (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)
  • "Léopold Renaudin (the address illegible), année 1789." (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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