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

Sylvestre, P.

Lyon · 1801 to 1859

Historical maker

Named in 1 book.

What the books printed

Old Violins And Their Makers, James M. Fleming. 1883. Page 324, scan 338.

Sylvestre, P., Lyons—1801-59.

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Same name

Sylvestre
Lyon · 1835
Sylvestre, H.
Lyon · 1808

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:

1779 to 1813 Fevrot, Lyon
1801 to 1859 Silvestre, Pierre
1804 to 1856 Vuillaume, Joseph-François
1808 to 1879 Silvestre, Hippolyte
1808 Sylvestre, H.
1835 Sylvestre

All Lyon makers

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