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Bernard Ouchard was the son of Émile Auguste Ouchard and the grandson of Émile François Ouchard, both famous bowmakers. He learned his craft from his father and later worked for Vidoudez (a violinmaker of international repute) in Geneva. He was asked to return to France and give a new impetus to the revival of the French tradition(s) of bow ...
Joseph Alfred Lamy (père) (8 September 1850 – 1919), was an important French archetier (bow maker) of the early twentieth century known as Lamy Père. He was born in Mirecourt, Vosges, France, where he apprenticed from 1862 to 1868, and later worked from 1877 to 1885 for François Nicolas Voirin in Paris.
Victor François Fétique (Mirecourt 1872 – 1933) was a prominent French archetier (bowmaker) from a family of bowmakers. [1] [2] [3] Victor, son of Charles-Claude Fétique a violin maker. He learned his craft in Mirecourt with J. B. Husson, Sigisbert Fourrier Maline and Émile Miquel. [4]
Dominique Peccatte (15 July 1810 – 13 January 1874) was a French luthier and above all a renowned bow maker. [1] He was apprenticed in Mirecourt and later worked with Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume . He is notable for adapting the "hatchet-shaped" type head — a model arrived at by Tourte — and is considered one of the most influential bow makers.
"Louis Morizot trained many pupils including Bernard Millant and his five sons Marcel, Louis, Paul, André, and George Morizot.." Among the six sons son's of Louis Père, the well-known Mirecourt bow maker, René (the youngest), is the only one to have dedicated his life to violin making."
Head of the family was Charles Claude Fétique (1853–1911), who was a violin maker. He had two bow-making sons, Victor Fétique (1872–1933) and Jules Fétique (1875–1951), and a daughter Marie Augustine Marthe Fétique (1879–1928).
His grandfather was Charles Claude Fétique (1853-1911) who was a violin maker, who had two bow-making sons, Victor Fétique (1872-1933) and Jules Fétique (1875-1951), and a daughter Marie Augustine Marthe Fétique (1879-1928 Andre's mother). Marcel's cousin André Richaume (1905 - 1966) became one of the great French bow makers of the 20th ...
He was a prolific maker and is generally regarded as the most important bowmaker of the second half of the 19th century. His bows are of superb quality. Voirin produced a radically different bow from François Tourte ; Slimmer head; the camber moved closer to head, yielding a stronger stick and reducing the thickness of the shaft especially at ...