Grenoble

10 makers. The earliest year printed is 1750, the latest 1892.

Every maker here has Grenoble in a printed line.

1700s

• 1750 to 1790 Pons, C.
  Pons, C., Grenoble—1750-90.
• 1750 to 1808 Pons, César
  PONS (César) — Grenoble circa 1780. Guitars and violins, the latter being arched and of good workmanship.
• 1787 Pons
  PONS, — Grenoble, France, 1787. Made large pattern violins with high model, which have no great value.
• 1790 Pons, Grenoble
  PONS, Grenoble, 1790.
• 1798 Pons, Louis
  Pons, Louis. — Grenoble. 1798. 1827

1800s

• 1800 Pons, L.
  PONS (L.) — Grenoble towards 1800. Violins and guitars. Branded.
• 1826 to 1876 Henry, O.
  Henry, O., Grenoble—1826-76 (?).
• born 1826 Henry, Octave
  Henry, Octave, son of Jean Baptiste Félix Henry; b. 1826. Worked first with his uncle, Charles, and then with Maucotel at Paris. He settled in Grenoble in 1854 and made a great many violins.
• 1867 Grivel, V.
  Grivel, V. — Grenoble. 1867.
• born 1892 Schmitt, Lucien
  SCHMITT (Lucien) — Grenoble. Born at Saint-Julien-en-Genevois in 1892. Was at first drawn towards the violin, wishing to take it up professionally. …

The books that name them

• Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell, 1928
• Old Violins And Their Makers, James M. Fleming, 1883
• A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer
• Violins and violin makers. Biographical dictionary of the great Italian artistes, their followers and imitators, to the present time. With essays on important subjects connected with the violin, Pearce, 1866
• Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904
• Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922
• The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, 1875

Some names appear twice under different spellings. Each is one book's spelling.