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The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, 1887
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1that 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. Pierre 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.
3SILVESTRE, Hippolyte, born 1808, brother of Pierre, with whom he entered into partnership at Lyons, in 1829. Hippolyte worked in the shop of Vuillaume.
5SILVESTRE, Hippolyte Chrétien, Lyons, succeeded to the business of his uncles, Pierre and Hippolyte.
7SIMON, ——, Paris, about 1788.
9SIMONIN, Charles, Paris and Toulouse, pupil of J. B. Vuillaume.
11SOCQUET, Louis, Paris, about 1760—1800.
13THERESS, Charles, London.
15THIBOUT, Jacques Pierre, Paris, born 1777, died 1856. A well-known dealer in rare Italian instruments. To him belongs the merit of having encouraged Luigi Tarisio to bring to Paris his Cremonese gems. When Tarisio paid his first visit to Paris, the reception that he met with was not of such a nature as to warrant his returning; but having ultimately decided upon once more visiting the French capital, he met with Thibout, who, by earnest solicitation, prevailed on him to remove his rich wares to Paris. Jacques Pierre Thibout was an excellent workman, and his instruments are highly esteemed.
17THOMASSIN, ——, Paris, about 1845.
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