Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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Tours

2 makers. The earliest year printed is 1760, the latest 1785.

Every maker here has Tours in a printed line.

1700s

  • 1760 to 1785 Larcher, Pierre
    Larcher, Pierre. A maker in Tours, 1785. He was a pupil of Guersan in Paris, but his work is very dissimilar; he used a brown varnish of poor quality. Label: "Larcher, Pierre, luthier de Paris, élève de Guersan, Grande Rue au Grand Dauphin à Tours, 1785."

No year printed

  • no year Baur, Ch.-Alex.
    BAUR (Ch.-Alex.) — Tours, end of xviiitextsuperscript{th} century. Current work.

The books that name them

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