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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1909
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1SECTION VIII
3French Makers
5ALDRIC, Paris, 1790-1844. Copied Stradivari with great skill. He was also well known as a dealer in Cremonese instruments. He was one of the earliest French makers who dealt with Luigi Tarisio, the famous Italian connoisseur. He generally used a red varnish of good quality.
7ALLAR, ——, Paris, 1788.
9AMELOT, ——, Lorient, worked early in the present century. He used a highly ornamented label.
11AUBRY, ——, Paris, 1840. Succeeded his uncle Aldric, mentioned above.
13AUGIÈRE, ——, Paris, about 1830, was established in the Rue Saint Eustache, in partnership with Calot, and made some good instruments. Augière formerly worked in the shop of Clement of Paris.
15BACHELIER, ——, Paris, 1788.
17BASSOT, ——, Paris, 1788.
19BERNARDEL, Auguste Sébastien Philippe, born at Mirecourt in 1802, was in the workshop of Lupot, in Paris. The instruments of this maker are
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