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Levinville

Besancon, worked 1712

Several repair labels extant. One violin cited by Vannes with red varnish. Brand and manuscript label: Levinville luthier / à Besançon, 1712 — John Dilworth

Worked Besancon

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John Dilworth+

LEVINVILLE Worked circa. 1712 Besançon France. Several repair labels extant. One violin cited by Vannes with red varnish. Brand and manuscript label: Levinville luthier / à Besançon, 1712

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Er scheint hauptsächlich mit dem Ausbessern alter Geigen sein Brot verdient
zu haben, doch hat er wohl auch einzelne Geigen selbstständig gemacht.
Ausser seinem Zettel (auf dem er den Namen mit dem Brandstempel abdruckte)
brachte er den gleichen Stempel mehrfach an.

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