Metz

9 makers. The earliest year printed is 1700, the latest 1887.

Every maker here has Metz in a printed line.

1700s

• 1700 to 1701 Gilbert, Nicolas Louis
  Gilbert, Nicolas Louis. — Metz. 1701. 1706.
• 1730 Gilbert, Simon
  Gilbert, Simon. — Metz. 1730. 1767.
• about 1737 Simon, Gilbert
  Gilbert, Simon, son of Nicolas Louis Gilbert. Metz, about 1737.
• 1737 to 1765 Simon, Gilbert
  Gilbert, Simon, son of Nicolas Louis Gilbert. Worked at Metz about 1737-65. A five-stringed viol, dated 1744; another, dated 1749; and another, dated 1765, are known. Label: "Simon Gilbert, luthier, musicien de la Cathédrale à Metz, 1737."
• 1737 to 1765 Simon, Gilbert
  Gilbert, Simon, son of Nicolas Louis Gilbert. Worked at Metz about 1737-65. A five-stringed viol, dated 1744; another, dated 1749; and another, dated 1765, are known. Label: "Simon Gilbert, luthier, musicien de la Cathédrale à Metz, 1737."
• about 1740 Simon, Gilbert
  GILBERT (Simon) — Metz circa 1740. Probably son of the above. Inferior work.
• 1788 to 1870 Simoutre, Nicolas
  Simoutre, Nicolas, b. 1788, at Mirecourt; d. 1870, at Metz. He began his business as a violin maker in 1820, in 1844 settled in Metz and worked there till his death. His son, Nicolas Eugène, was also a maker.
• 1789 Musnier, Joseph
  Musnier, Joseph. — Metz. 1789

1800s

• 1811 to 1887 Jacot, Jean Charles
  JACOT, Jean Charles. Metz, 1811-87.

The books that name them

• Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904
• Old violins, Haweis, 1905
• A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, 1896
• Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922
• Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell, 1928

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