Nicolas Lupot

Nicolas Lupot ( born December 4, 1758 in Stuttgart, † August 14, 1824 in Paris) was next to Jean -Baptiste Vuillaume the most influential French violin maker of the 19th century.

Lupot comes from a originally based in Mirecourt luthier family, whose earliest detectable in the luthier craft member Jean Lupot (1652-1696) was. Nicolas François Lupot father (1725-1805), worked at the time Nicolas ' birth in Stuttgart as " farm - lute and violin makers". Lupot learned the violin from his father and worked until 1794 in Orléans. Then he went to Paris and worked at the luthier François Louis Pique ( 1758-1822 ). In 1798 Lupot was able to open his own workshop in the rue de Grammont, he moved in 1806 after the rue Croix -des- Petits -Champs. In 1815 he was appointed royal Hofgeigenmacher. Lupot creating excellent replicas of Stradivarius violins, he was therefore referred to by his contemporaries as " French Stradivarius ". His violins have a soft, mellow sound and are very much in demand as a concert instruments to this day.