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Birth : 1875 in Mirecourt (Vosges) Death : 1941 in Paris (île-de-France)

Biography

Career
Emile LAURENT (Fils) was the son and pupil of Emile LAURENT (Père), a violin maker from MIRECOURT who worked in Brussels.
From 1894-1896, he joined the workshop of Paul BLANCHARD in Lyon, before coming to Paris where he worked first for Emile Germain from 1897 to 1902 and then for CARESSA & FRANÇAIS until 1908.
In 1908, Emile LAURENT moved to Chicago to the invitation made by LYON and HEALY to become foreman of their workshop, and stayed with this well-known dealership until he returned to France in 1912, where he opened his own workshop in Bordeaux.
In 1925, Emile LAURENT sold his workshop to Amati MANGENOT, an ex collaborator of his father in Brussels.
He then opened his own workshop in Paris in 1926 at 47, rue de Clignancourt.

workshop
- 6, rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Bordeaux ( c. 1913 à 1925)
- 47, rue de Clignancourt (1926 à 1941)

Successor
MANGENOT Amati (Bordeaux)

Sources
 Dictionnaire des facteurs d'instruments de musique en Wallonie et à Bruxelles du 9° siècle à nos jours. Malou Haine et Nicolas Meeùs. Pierre Mardaga éditeur .
(More specific publication references are available in our Bibliography section.)

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