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Scan 269

Old violins, 1905

34 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 245. See the scan on archive.org.

1CHANOT, G. A. Manchester.
2CHAPPUY (Chapuy), Nicolas Augustin. Paris about 1732-76; fairly good; badly varnished. Fr. Habeneck played on one of his violins for many years.
3CHARDON, Marie Joseph, son-in-law and pupil of Georges Chanot, sen.; b. May 22, 1843, Paris. He succeeded his father-in-law in 1872; good maker; better restorer.
4CHARDON, Marie Joseph Antoine Georges. Worked under his father.
5CHARLE. Paris in 1748.
6CHARLES, Theress. From Mirecourt, but settled in London, in King Street, Soho.
7CHARLOTTE. Mirecourt; d. 1836; settled in Rouen in 1830; indifferent.
8CHATELAIN, François. About 1777-91; good maker; collaborated sometimes with Renault.
9CHÉRON, Nicolas. Paris, 1658-91.
10CHERPITEL, Nicolas Emile. Mirecourt, 1841-93; worked with the Gands at Paris; very good workman.
11CHEVRIER, André Augustin, b. in Mirecourt. Paris, and then in Brussels, 1838.
12CHIAVELLATI, Domenico. Longigo in 1796.
13CHIBON, Jean Robert. Paris, 1775-85; indifferent.
14CHIOCCHI (Chiocci), Gaetano. In Padua nineteenth century; good maker and repairer.
15CHRÉTIEN Hippolyte, 1845-89. Lyons; excellent maker and restorer.
16CHRISTA, Joseph Paul. About 1730-40.
17CHRISTOPHLE, Jean. Avignon, 1655.
18CLARK. London, living at Clerkenwell. A pupil of Matthew Furber.
19CLAUDOT, Augustin. Paris, beginning of eighteenth century; large pattern, yellow varnish; wood good, work carefully finished; branded his instruments with his name, "Augustin Claudot."
20CLAUDOT, Charles. Paris; but probably came from Mirecourt; indifferent.
21CLÉMENT. Paris, about 1815-40, in the rue des Bonnes-Enfants; a good dealsought after.
22COFFE-GOGUETTE. Mirecourt, 1834; excellent maker; fine tone.
23COLE, James, Manchester; pupil of Tarr and George Crask, 1858.
24COLE, Thomas. London about 1672-90; good tenor maker.
25COLLIER, Samuel. London, at "Corelli's Head" on London Bridge, about 1750-55.
26COLLIER, Thomas. London, 1775.
27COLLIN, Claude Nicolas. Mirecourt; d. 1864; pupil of N. F. Vuillaume, Brussels.
28COLLIN-MÉZIN, Charles Jean Baptiste, son of C. N. Collin. Mirecourt, 1841-89; excellent maker and restorer; good Strad and Amati copyist.
29COLLINGWOOD, Joseph. Worked in London about 1760, at the "Golden Spectacles" on London Bridge.
30CONTRERAS, Joseph, 1710-80. Madrid or "Granadino"; beautiful Strad copyist; has passed for Strad.
31CONTRERAS, son of Joseph Contreras.
32CONWAY, William. London about 1745-50.
33CORDANO, Jacopo Filippo. Genoa about 1774.

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