Scan 304
The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1909
20 lines. Read by computer on 27 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 244. See the scan on archive.org.
1LAPAIX, ——, Lille, about 1855.
2LAPREVOTTE, Etienne, Paris, 1825–56.
3LECLERC, ——, Paris, about 1775.
4LECOMTE, ——, Paris, 1788.
5LEDUC, Pierre, Paris, 1646.
6LEFEBVRE, ——, Amsterdam, about 1730.
7LEFEBVRE, ——, Paris, 1788.
8LE JEUNE, François, Paris, 175—.
9LE PILEUR, Pierre, about 1754.
10LESCLOP, François Henry, Paris, 1746.
11LOUIS, ——, Geneva.
12LOUVET, Jean, Paris, 1750.
13LUPOT, Jean, Mirecourt.
14LUPOT, Laurent, Mirecourt, born 1696. Son of Jean Lupot, removed to Plombières, afterwards to Lunéville, and again to Orleans.
15LUPOT, François, born 1736. Son of Laurent. Born at Plombières. In the year 1758 he removed to Stuttgart, and was appointed maker to the Duke of Wurtemberg. François removed with his son Nicolas to Orleans in 1770. He died in Paris in 1804. The workmanship and style are similar to those seen in the instruments of Chappuy and other makers of that period. Scroll rather rough, varnish dark brown, broad pattern.
16LUPOT, Nicolas, son of François, born at Stuttgart in 1758, removed with his father to Orleans in 1770.
17N. Lupot fils, Luthier, rue d’Illiers, à Orléans, l’an 1791. one of two readings
18N. Lupot fils, Luthier, rue d'Illiers, à Orléans, l'an 1791. one of two readings
19He established himself in Paris in 1794, his fame
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