Louis Pierrard
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PIERRARD, Louis Worked circa. 1882-1908 Brussels & Ghent Belgium. Pupil of Mougenot in Mirecourt. Worked in Brussels from 1882. Established independently in Ghent from 1900, workshop at 4 place du Commerce, later 6 rue Magelein, and finally at 4 Bennesteeg from 1908. Awarded medals at Antwerp, Paris, and Brussels. Appointed luthier to the Ghent Conservatoire. Fine work on classical models with red-brown varnish. Author of Traité de Lutherie (Brussels, 1890) and Le Violin, son Histoire et son Origine (Ghent, 1902).
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