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Henri Francais

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John Dilworth

FRANÇAIS, Henri Born 1861 Paris died 1943 Cannes France. Apprenticed to Darte in Mirecourt. Worked for Lullier in Boulogne and for Gand and Bernardel in Paris from 1880. Succeeded to Gand in 1892; joined in partnership by Albert Caressa in 1901. Many fine instruments and bows produced by the workshop, but most effort devoted to restoration and expertise of old instruments.

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