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

Salzard, Francois

Paris · b. 1808, d. 1874

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

What the books printed

Violin tone and violin makers, London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. Page 242, scan 264.
SALZARD, FRANCOIS.—Paris, Mirecourt. Born 1808. Died 1874. Mirecourt style of work. Yellow-brown varnish. Tone powerful. Name often written or branded inside the backs. There was a D. Salzar, probably his father. A son, Ernest André, worked in Moscow and St. Petersburg where he died in 1897.
Salzard, François. — Mirecourt. Geb. 1808, † 1874.
  • Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.

Same name

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

Same town, same time

230 other Paris makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:

All Paris makers