"Bastien Luthier" stamp

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Comment by Sinier de Ridder on April 18, 2016 at 15:41

BASTIEN and PACHEREL

François Bastien (1786-ca. 1850), who

made various musical instruments including

“serinettes”, and Pierre Pacherel (1803-1871)

luthier, like many others left Mirecourt to settle in

Nice; in 1814, Nice was annexed to Piedmont,

before becoming French again in 1860.

Pacherel collaborated with Pressenda in Turin,

spending some time in Genoa, then returning

to Nice where he worked until the end of his

life. Like his Italian colleagues, he mostly made

violins, but also some nice guitars. These were

greatly influenced by Gaetano II Gardagnini

of Turin, whereas those of Bastien remained

collecfaithful

to the model of Gaetano II’s father:

Carlo Guadagnini.

At this point, we must remember that the

professional lives of Mirecourt musical

instrument makers, and indeed those of makers

throughout the Vosges region, revolved mainly

around the workshops and factories. The

Parisian and European musical instrument

makers and dealers bought in supplies directly

from Mirecourt, from sellers who effectively

became wholesalers, cutting the luthiers out of

the trade circuit. It was these intermediates who

gave individual makers the instructions they had

collected from musicians and instrumentalists;

the latter never came into direct contact with the

Mirecourt workers.

Comment by Sinier de Ridder on April 18, 2016 at 15:36

a new brand never saw before! thanks, very interesting. Bastien was really discret and it is not easy to find infos about……