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

Silvestre, Pierre

Lyon · b. 1801, d. 1859

Historical maker

Named in 3 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 82, scan 90.
Silvestre, Pierre, brother of Hippolyte; b. Aug. 9, 1801, at Sommerville, near Nancy; d. 1859, Lyons. Was also a pupil of Blaise at Mirecourt, …
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 82, scan 92. Held as more than one scan.
Silvestre, Pierre, brother of Hippolyte; b. Aug. 9, 1801, at Sommerville, near Nancy; d. 1859, Lyons. Was also a pupil of Blaise at Mirecourt, …
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 41, scan 65. Held as more than one scan.
SILVESTRE, PIERRE, Lyon, b. 1801, d. 1859. A pupil of Blaise in Mirecourt. As apprentice he worked with Lupot and Grand (père) and finished …
  • Entries from 3 books stand under this name, and the software judged them near-certain the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

Labels the books quote

  • "Pierre Silvestre à Lyon, 185—." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "Petrus et Hippolytus Silvestre fratres fecerunt Lugdun … 183—." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "Pierre Silvestre à Lyon, 185—" (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)
  • "Petrus et Hippolytus Silvestre frares fecerunt Lugdun . 183—" (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

13 other Lyon makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:

All Lyon makers