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Valler

worked 1683–1700

Viol cited by Vannes with carved female head and label given below. Henley describes violins and small cellos with red-brown varnish, some with carved heads, but such instruments are not presently known. Valler à Aix / en Prouvence 1679 [Vannes, Henley] — John Dilworth

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John Dilworth+

VALLER Worked circa. 1683-1700 Marseilles & Aix-en-Provence France. Viol cited by Vannes with carved female head and label given below. Henley describes violins and small cellos with red-brown varnish, some with carved heads, but such instruments are not presently known. Valler à Aix / en Prouvence 1679 [Vannes, Henley]

Cecie Stainer+

A maker in Marseilles in 1683.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Er wird zwar in der Literatur, so bei Hart u. A., mehrfach, aber stets ohne nähere Angaben erwähnt. Es war mir aber weder in Marseille noch überhaupt in Frankreich möglich, etwas über diesen Geigenmacher oder seine Werke zu erfahren.

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