London School
George Louis Panormo
London, 1814–1877
Son of George Panormo, above. Assistant and successor to his uncle Louis, below. Previously apprenticed to Cramer’s music shop. From 1848 he is listed in trade directories with his uncle as ‘George and Louis Panormo’. After 1854 instruments bear the name ‘G. L. Panormo’. Moved to 87 St John’s Street\u{2026} — John Dilworth
Biographies
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John Dilworth+
PANORMO, George Louis Born 1814, died 1877 London UK. Son of George Panormo, above. Assistant and successor to his uncle Louis, below. Previously apprenticed to Cramer’s music shop. From 1848 he is listed in trade directories with his uncle as ‘George and Louis Panormo’. After 1854 instruments bear the name ‘G. L. Panormo’. Moved to 87 St John’s Street in 1855, then to 37 Whitfield Street, Tottenham Court Road from 1877. The business continued to specialise in guitars and bows. G. Panormo-Fils / Fecit Londini, 1811 [BVMA]
George Hart+
Brother of the above. Made Violins of the Stradivari pattern.
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+
Zweiter Sohn von Vincenzo P. Er ist vorzugsweise als trefflicher Guitarrenmacher bekannt, doch hat er auch mehrere Violinen nach Stradivari verfertigt und machte besonders schone Bögen. Er wohnte zuerst in der Oxford Street und zog dann in die High Street St. Giles in the Fields. Eine Guitarre von 1839 trägt die Nummer 2,283.
Cecie Stainer+
Second son of Vincenzo Panormo. He was a celebrated bow maker in London, and lived first in Oxford Street, then in High Street, Saint Giles-in-the-Fields. He made very fine guitars (one was dated 1833) and some good violins on the Stradivari pattern.
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