Joseph Gaudé
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Joseph Gaudé, was a French
Archetier
/ Bowmaker and Luthier
.
He produced excellent bows. He also made many instruments including an occasional guitar.
According to Mr.Bernard Millant
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 maker's 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 (Pajeot's) style of work strongly influenced his contemporaries, and his ideas can be glimpsed in the later works of Nicolas Harmand, Jean Adam (bow maker)
(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 Kass
France
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Archetier
Archetier
A bow maker is a person who builds, repairs, and restores ancient or modern bows for instruments of the violin family. These include violins, violas, cellos, double basses, viola d'amore, viola da gamba, etc....
/ Bowmaker and Luthier
Luthier
A luthier is someone who makes or repairs lutes and other string instruments. In the United States, the term is used interchangeably with a term for the specialty of each maker, such as violinmaker, guitar maker, lute maker, etc...
.
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
Bernard Millant is a world renowned bow maker / archetier and luthier in Paris, France. He is the son of Max Millant.He studied violin making at Amédée Dieudonné's workshop in Mirecourt...
and Mr. Raffin, Joseph Gaude may have worked for the Etienne Pajeot
Etienne Pajeot
Etienne Pajeot [Pageot], was an illustrious French Archetier / Bowmaker.-Biography:Son of, Louis Simon , who was also a bowmaker. Pajeot was a student, then a business partner of Nicolas Remy Maire.He produced excellent bows."Pajeot remains one of the most brilliant crafstmen of his generation...
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 maker's 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 (Pajeot's) style 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 (bow maker)
Jean Adam was a Master French bow maker known as "Grand Adam" .His bows are highly sought after.Jean was born in Mirecourt February 26, 1823....
(Dominique GrandAdam) and his son Jean, Charles Guinot, Joseph Gaudé
Joseph Gaudé
Joseph Gaudé, was a French Archetier / Bowmaker and Luthier.-Biography:Served his apprenticeship in Mirecourt . His early style of bow making was very much influenced by the Adam school....
, Georges Ury, and Nicolas Mauchard, this last almost certainly a pupil or employee for many years." -Philip Kass