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de Paris Pique

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PIQUE DE PARIS c.1926 New York USA. Commercial name used in instruments sold by Buegeleisen and Jacobson in New York. — John Dilworth

Worked New York

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John Dilworth+

PIQUE DE PARIS c.1926 New York USA. Commercial name used in instruments sold by Buegeleisen and Jacobson in New York.

George Hart+

As a copyist of Stradivari, this maker approached, perhaps, nearest to Nicolas Lupot. It has been supposed that some Violins bearing the name of Pique were made by Lupot, and varnished by Pique. There are several specimens of Pique’s instruments upon which have been lavished care and skill of a very high order. Each feature is brought out, while, at the same time, exaggeration, that common error of the copyist, is avoided. The scrolls are well executed, both in point of finish and style; the sound-hole also is cut with precision. Many of his instruments have whole backs, of well-chosen material; the bellies are of a fine quality of wood. The instruments of Pique have long been esteemed, and will grow in reputation. He died in 1822.

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