Jean Baptiste Wiillaume ( French: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume ; October 7, 1798 - March 19, 1875 ) - French violin master.
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| Date of Birth | October 7, 1798 |
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| Date of death | March 19, 1875 (aged 76) |
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| Citizenship |  France |
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Biography
In 1828 he opened his own workshop in Paris . From 1835 he was engaged in imitation of ancient Italian instruments (mainly Stradivarius and Guarneri ). He made more than 3,000 instruments, including a number of samples for St. Petersburg , commissioned by A.F. Lviv [one]
Jean Baptiste was also a good businessman and inventor . So, in particular, in the 19th century, he was looking for opportunities to get lower sounds, as a result of which he approved a new nationally distinctive type of sounding of stringed instruments - bright, intense, but not flexible enough. Invented the original construction of a four-meter-high double bass (called the “ oktobas ”, 1849), viola (the so-called viola contralto, 1855), and a special mute pedal for piano (1867). The best instruments of Jean Baptiste are still live.
Prizes and Awards
- 1827 - Silver medal at the Paris exhibition "National Paris exhibition of the Industrial work".
- 1834 - Silver medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition.
- 1844 and 1849 - Gold medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition.
- 1851 - Council Medal at the International London Exhibition.
- 1855 - Gold medal at the Paris International Exhibition.
Notes
- ↑ Musical Encyclopedia. / Ch. ed. Yu.V. Keldysh. - “The Soviet Encyclopedia”, 1982. - 1008 p.