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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1FRENCH MAKERS.
3SALOMON, Jean Baptiste, Deshayes, Paris, about 1750.
5SAUNIER, ——, about 1740—1770.
7SCHNŒCK, Egidius, Brussels, 1700—1730.
9SILVESTRE, Pièrre, Lyons. A maker of rare abilities. The finish of his instruments is of the highest order; indeed, it would be difficult to find any maker within the range of the modern French school who has surpassed him in delicate workmanship. It may be said of him, as of many others, that extreme fineness of work is obtained often at the expense of character; to develope both necessarily needs the mind of a Stradivari. Silvestre was fortunate in procuring wood of beautiful quality; there is scarcely an instrument of his which is not handsome. He copied Stradivari. It is to be regretted that so few of his works are to be met with. Pièrre Silvestre was born at Sommerwiller in 1801, and died at Lyons in 1859. In Paris he worked in the workshop of Lupot, and in that of his successor François Gand.
11SILVESTRE, Hippolyte, born 1808, brother of Pièrre, with whom he entered into partnership at Lyons, in 1829. Hippolyte, worked in the shop of Vuillaume.
13SILVESTRE, Hippolyte Chrétien, Lyons, succeeded to the business of his uncles, Pièrre and Hippolyte.
15SIMON, ——, Paris, about 1788.
17SIMONIN, Charles, Paris and Toulouse, pupil of J. B. Vuillaume.
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