Alfred Lamy was a French

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 maker of bows

Bow (music)

In music, a bow is moved across some part of a musical instrument, causing vibration which the instrument emits as sound. The vast majority of bows are used with string instruments, although some bows are used with musical saws and other bowed idiophones....

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Son of Joseph Jean Baptiste Lamy was born in Mirecourt

Mirecourt

Mirecourt is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France. Mirecourt is known for lace-making and the manufacture of musical instruments, particularly those of the violin family...

, Vosges

Vosges

Vosges is a French department, named after the local mountain range. It contains the hometown of Joan of Arc, Domrémy.-History:The Vosges department is one of the original 83 departments of France, created on February 9, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was made of territories that had been...

, France

France

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. He was apprenticed in Mirecourt

Mirecourt

Mirecourt is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France. Mirecourt is known for lace-making and the manufacture of musical instruments, particularly those of the violin family...

 with Bazin

Bazin Family

Bazin Family / Bazin Dynasty.Highly esteemed family of bowmakers operating in Mirecourt, France, from around 1840 through most of the 1900s, produced bows in Mirecourt....

 and later worked for Cuniot-Hury.

Lamy established his own business around 1919.
He was the nephew of Joseph Alfred Lamy

Joseph Alfred Lamy

Joseph Alfred Lamy , was an important French archetier of the early twentieth century known as Lamy Père.He was born in Mirecourt, Vosges, France where he apprenticed from 1862-1868, and later worked from 1877 to 1885 for François Nicolas Voirin in Paris.He started his apprenticeship in 1862...

 known historically as Lamy père.
Alfred Lamy left a small quantity of very good quality bows.
Branded "A.LAMY" or "ALFRED LAMY".

Lamy (bow makers)

Lamy (bow makers)

Lamy was a family of French bow makers, notable members include Alfred Lamy, Joseph Alfred Lamy, and Hippolyte Camille Lamy.-References:* Dictionnaire Universel del Luthiers - Rene Vannes 1951,1972, 1985...