Joseph Gaudé (1818–1881) was a French

archetier A bow maker is a person who builds, repairs, and restores ancient or modern bows for bowed string instruments. These include violins, violas, cellos, double basses, viola d'amore, viola da gamba, etc. The French word for bowmaker (bow maker) is ...

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Biography

Served his apprenticeship in Mirecourt (his hometown). His early style of bow making was very much influenced by the Adam school. He produced excellent bows. He also made many instruments including an occasional guitar. According to Mr.

Bernard Millant Bernard Millant (1929 – 5 April 2017) was a bow maker, archetier and luthier in Paris, France. He was the son of Max Millant. He studied violin making at Amédée Dieudonné's workshop in Mirecourt. He also studied bowmaking with Louis Morizot ...

and Mr. Raffin, Joseph Gaude may have worked for the Etienne Pajeot firm around 1835. At this point, his output was influenced by Pajeot. He is known to have set up his own shop in Mirecourt in 1854. Joseph Gaude was a great master and one of the important bow makers of the period. Bows made by Joseph Gaude are rare and made in a very beautiful style that is easy to recognize. "Not surprisingly, his ajeot'sstyle of work strongly influenced his contemporaries, and his ideas can be glimpsed in the later works of Nicolas Harmand,

Jean Adam (bow maker) Jean Adam (1823–1869) was a (third generation) Master French bow maker known as "Grand Adam" (not to be confused with his grandfather also named Jean Adam). His bows are highly sought after. Jean was born in Mirecourt on 26 February 1823. Grand ...

(Dominique GrandAdam) and his son Jean, Charles Guinot, Joseph Gaudé, Georges Ury, and Nicolas Mauchard, this last almost certainly a pupil or employee for many years." —Philip KassFrench Bows of the 19th Century - Philip Kass

Literature

*S. Bowden: Pajeot, ''Bow Makers of the 18th and 19th Centuries'' (London, 1991).

References

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