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Nicolas SIMOUTRE

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SIMOUTRE, Nicolas Born 1788, Worked Mirecourt, died 1870 Metz France. Apprenticed to Lupot in Paris. Established in Mirecourt from 1817. Prolific maker up until 1838 when he ceased working on bowed instruments and made only guitars. Moved to Metz c.1844. Credited with around 1,000 violins and cellos made between 1817 and 1838. Good Cremonese models. Accurate work but thin spirit varnish. Nicolaüs Simoutre / Lupot Nicolaï discipulus / Divoduri fecit 18.. Réparé par Simoutre à Metz / en 1862

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