Nantes

8 makers. The earliest year printed is 1740, the latest 1895.

Every maker here has Nantes in a printed line.

1700s

• 1740 to 1770 Gairoud, Louis
  Gairoud, Louis. A maker at Nantes about 1740-70.
• 1749 Ragus, Antoine
  Ragus (Rogus?), Antoine. — Nantes. 1749.
• 1750 Gairaud, Louis
  GAIRAUD (Louis) — Nantes towards 1750. Good medium work of that period. He was also a harpsichord maker.
• 1774 Parisot, N.
  Parisot, N. — Nantes. 1774. 1821.

1800s

• 1804 to 1871 Lété, Dominique-Joseph
  Lété, Dominique-Joseph. — Nantes. Geb. 1804 in Mirecourt, † 25. Mai 1871 in Nantes
• 1829 to 1895 Bélédin, Albert Jules Louis
  Bélédin, Albert Jules Louis. — Nantes. Geb. um 1829, † um 1895.
• born 1875 Kaul, Paul
  KAUL (Paul) — Nantes. Contemporary master maker. Born at Mirecourt in 1875. Son of Justin Kaul, instrument workman at Mirecourt. After serving his apprenticeship with Thibouville-Lamy,
• born 1875 Langonet, Eugène
  LANGONET (Eugène) — Nantes. Born at Mirecourt in 1875. Served his apprenticeship at first with the Maison Chipot Vuillaume and afterwards with Paul Mangenot. Summoned by the firm of

The books that name them

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

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