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Cesar Pons

Grenoble, 1748–1831

1773, died 1831 Grenoble France. Made and sold all types of stringed instruments. Violins are of large form. Highly arched with golden- or orange-brown varnish. Racomodé par Pons / Luthier à Grenoble, 1801 — John Dilworth
Worked Grenoble
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Biographies

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John Dilworth+

PONS, César Born 1748 Paris, Worked from c.1773, died 1831 Grenoble France. Made and sold all types of stringed instruments. Violins are of large form. Highly arched with golden- or orange-brown varnish. Racomodé par Pons / Luthier à Grenoble, 1801

Cecie Stainer+

A maker in Grenoble about 1780-1820. His violins were of large size, very arched, the work not very good.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Tolbecque besass von ihm eine sehr schöne »vielle organisée«. Seine Geigen haben ein breites, hochgewölbtes Modell und sind von guter Arbeit.

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