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Old Violins And Their Makers, 1883
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1French Makers.
3Charles Jacquot is another French maker who merits mention. He established himself in Nancy in 1827, and remained there until 1852, when he went to Paris. He received a gold and a silver medal, as well as other distinctions, at various exhibitions. Charles François Gand was a pupil and the son-in-law of Nicolas Lupot, to whose business he succeeded in 1824, and he left a number of instruments which are much esteemed in France. He was also celebrated as a restorer and repairer of old Italian violins. This business was carried on by his eldest son, Adolphe Gand, who took his younger brother Eugène into partnership, when the firm of Lupot became that of "Gand Frères," and, after the death of Adolphe, "Gand et Bernardel Frères," as above stated. Francis Chanot, born in Mirecourt in 1788, became an officer in the French navy, but, subsequently, turned his attention to the study of science and violin making. He became a savant of some distinction, and the result of his studies in the violin industry was the invention of a new fiddle. In 1817 he presented an example of his discovery to the Academy of Fine Arts. The principal difference between this instrument and the regular shape consisted in the suppression of certain of the distinguishing features of a violin. For example, it had no protruding margins, no side scoops, no blocks in the interior, and the upper and lower tables were made in single pieces. The sound holes were cut parallel, the bass bar placed in the centre, and the sound post behind the bridge. These instruments remained in fashion for about two years, and were sold at £12. When this curious specimen was tested by the Academy, a commission was nominated to decide its
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