Scan 133
Critical & Documentary Dictionary of Violin Makers Old and Modern, 1928
22 lines. Read by computer on 5 October 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1DROULOT — Paris circa 1780. Heavy work. Yellow-brown varnish.
3DUBUISSON — Rouen towards 1700. It is believed that a maker thus named has worked at Rouen; we have never seen anything by him.
5DUCHÈNE (Nicolas) — Mirecourt end of xviiiith century. « A la Ville de Crémone ». Current workmanship of that period. Branded. Bows are also found bearing the mark « Nicolas Duchêne ».
7DUCHERON (Mathurin) — Paris circa 1720. Ordinary work.
9DUIFFOPROUCARD (Gaspard) — Lyons circa 1562. Viol maker. Presumed to be one of the inventors of the violin. Read the historical study with documentary evidence by Dr. H. Coutagne, which puts an end to the version given and accepted without proofs in the works preceding it. (Published by Fischbacher in 1893 : Gaspard Duiffoproucard.)
11DUIFFOPROUCARD (Jean) — Lyons circa 1585. Son of Gaspard.
13DULAC (André) xviiiith century. Has produced little. Guersan manner. Brown varnish. Ordinary work and woods.
15DU MESNIL (Jacques) — Paris xviiith century. Fine make in the Amati style. Dark red varnish. Fine woods. Has left charming pochettes in ebony, silver purfled. Carved heads.
17DUPRÉ — Paris circa 1850. Oddly shaped violins.
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21ENEL (Charles) — Paris. Contemporary expert and maker. Born at Mirecourt on the 14th. July 1880. Served as apprentice with Grillon and Gustave Bazin, then in the Léon Mougenot workshops, and afterwards with Deroux in Paris. After his military service, he worked in succession for various firms in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, also in the provinces, returning to Paris to join Marchand and then Silvestre and Maucotel, whom he left in 1909 to
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