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Thibout, Gabriel Adolphe

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  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Thibout, Gabriel Adolphe, son of Jacques Pierre Thibout; b. 1804, at Paris; d. there, June 14, 1858. He assisted his father a long time and finally …

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    2. Thibout, Albert, son of Gabriel Adolphe Thibout; b. April 27, 1839; d. Dec. 25, 1865. A maker in Paris, who succeeded his uncle, Gabriel Eugène, as "luthier de l'Opéra," and was succeeded in his turn by the Brothers Gand.
    4. Thibout, Gabriel Adolphe, son of Jacques Pierre Thibout; b. 1804, at Paris; d. there, June 14, 1858. He assisted his father a long time and finally took the direction of the business in 1838. His instruments are good, though the work is not equal to his father's; the backs are generally of one piece, the varnish a red-brown colour. His son Albert was also a maker.
    6. Thibout, Gabriel Eugène, son of Jacques Pierre Thibout; b. June 11, 1825, at Paris. Succeeded his brother, Gabriel Adolphe, as "luthier de l'Opéra" in Paris. In October, 1861, left Paris and settled in Boulogne-sur-Mer.

  2. A dictionary of violin makers (n.d.)

    Thibout, Gabriel Adolphe, son of Jacques Pierre Thibout; b. 1804, at Paris; d. there, June 14, 1858. He assisted his father a long time and finally …

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    2. Thibout, Albert, son of Gabriel Adolphe Thibout; b. April 27, 1839; d. Dec. 25, 1865. A maker in Paris, who succeeded his uncle, Gabriel Eugène, as "luthier de l'Opéra," and was succeeded in his turn by the Brothers Gand.
    4. Thibout, Gabriel Adolphe, son of Jacques Pierre Thibout; b. 1804, at Paris; d. there, June 14, 1858. He assisted his father a long time and finally took the direction of the business in 1838. His instruments are good, though the work is not equal to his father's; the backs are generally of one piece, the varnish a red-brown colour. His son Albert was also a maker.
    6. Thibout, Gabriel Eugène, son of Jacques Pierre Thibout; b. June 11, 1825, at Paris. Succeeded his brother, Gabriel Adolphe, as "luthier de l'Opéra" in Paris. In October, 1861, left Paris and settled in Boulogne-sur-Mer.

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Printed in A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1896), and nowhere else on this site: that is the entire basis of this maker’s record. Entries from 2 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. No claim beyond the printed naming is invented here — not established is the accurate word for it, and we want to hear from you if that can change.

What the books say

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Thibout, Gabriel Adolphe, son of Jacques Pierre Thibout; b. 1804, at Paris; d. there, June 14, 1858. He assisted his father a long time and finally … reported1
Places and dates of work
Thibout, Gabriel Adolphe, son of Jacques Pierre Thibout; b. 1804, at Paris; d. there, June 14, 1858. He assisted his father a long time and finally … reported1
Places and dates of work
Thibout, Gabriel Adolphe, son of Jacques Pierre Thibout; b. 1804, at Paris; d. there, June 14, 1858. He assisted his father a long time and finally … reported1

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3 of the 3 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: “A DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS.”.

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The books behind this record

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  1. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  2. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol1899stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol1899stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London ; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai_0. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai_0.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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