Paris · b. 1855
Historical maker
Named in 3 books.
What the books printed
Violin tone and violin makers, London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. Page 265, scan 287.
Thomassin, Louis.—Paris. Born 1855. A clever bow-maker. Voirin style.
Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922. Page 513, scan 517.
Thomassin, Louis. — Paris. Geb. 1855 in Mirecourt
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 44, scan 68. Held as more than one scan.
Thomassin, Louis, Paris, b. Mirecourt, 1855.
Another scan of this book reads the same line with small differences; this is one of the readings.
- Entries from 3 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:
- born 1853 Bernardel, Léon
- 1856 Antoine, Stradivari
- born 1856 Cunault, Georges
- born 1857 Bienfait, Paul-Emile
- born 1857 Grumet, Alphonse Joseph
- born 1857 Lyon, Gustave-François (Frantz)