{"id":6376,"date":"2010-12-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vichyencheres.wordpress.com\/2010\/10\/19\/une-rarissime-guitare-de-pierre-louvet"},"modified":"2022-10-05T09:02:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T07:02:27","slug":"pierre-louvet-guitare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vichy-encheres.com\/en\/2010\/12\/11\/pierre-louvet-guitare\/","title":{"rendered":"Une rarissime guitare de Pierre Louvet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pierre Louvet (1709-1784) a fabriqu\u00e9 pour la cour et les musiciens parisiens les plus beaux instruments et a acquis une renomm\u00e9e d’excellence qui lui a valu le surnom de “Stradivarius de la vielle”…  <\/p>Par Fran\u00e7oise et Daniel Sinier de Ridder<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Le Stradivarius de la vielle<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Pierre Louvet (1709-1784) est le fils de Georges Louvet, discret luthier parisien originaire de Normandie, proche du luthier Pierre Tourte. Georges Louvet au d\u00e9but du 18e si\u00e8cle fut connu pour ses vielles \u00e0 roues. Pour suivre les besoins de la mode et de la pratique musicale, il modifia et transforma avec talent nombre d’instruments anciens, luths, guitares, en vielles \u00e0 roues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Les deux fils de Georges, Pierre et Jean (1718-1793) devenus luthiers \u00e0 leur tour ont fabriqu\u00e9 pour la cour et les musiciens parisiens les plus beaux instruments. Ils ont acquis une renomm\u00e9e d’excellence et Pierre Louvet sera surnomm\u00e9 “le Stradivarius de la vielle”\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vielles, mandolines, cistres… et guitares<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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On conna\u00eet peu de guitares de ce luthier, mais les ‘”inventaires apr\u00e8s d\u00e9c\u00e8s” \u00e9tablis par les luthiers Cousineau et Saint-Paul ne laissent pas de doutes ; dans les importants stocks de bois et d’instruments divers \u00e0 inventorier on compte de nombreuses fournitures, chevilles, rosaces et marqueteries destin\u00e9es \u00e0 fabrication de la guitare.
On y voit aussi que Pierre Louvet fabriquait des vielles mais aussi des mandolines, des guitares, des cistres et d’autre instruments encore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cette guitare faite \u00e0 Paris en 1760 comme l’atteste l’\u00e9tiquette originale, porte la marque au fer de Pierre Louvet au bas de la table. La caisse est faite de bandes d’acajou intercal\u00e9es de filets compos\u00e9s, la table est en \u00e9pic\u00e9a et conserve sa rosace originale en parchemin, enfin une pistagne typiquement parisienne orne les pourtours de l’instrument.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sur cette guitare nous pouvons encore observer
les influences du 17e si\u00e8cle. Le patron g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, la fa\u00e7on particuli\u00e8re de monter les filets ou d’assembler les \u00e9clisses, et surtout le profil de la t\u00eate et l’\u00e9troitesse du manche nous rappellent les guitares prestigieuses de la dynastie des Voboam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La comparaison avec une autre guitare vendue \u00e0 Vichy le 10 juin 2006, faite par Lambert \u00e0 Paris en 1775, \u00e9galement form\u00e9e d’une caisse faite de bandes de bois altern\u00e9es, d\u00e9cor\u00e9e de pistagnes parisiennes et d’une rosace en parchemin, nous montre comment en 15 ans la lutherie de la guitare a \u00e9volu\u00e9 pour se pr\u00e9parer au bouleversement qui va marquer son histoire et son r\u00e9pertoire :
le passage aux 6 cordes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Fran\u00e7oise et Daniel Sinier de Ridder<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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11 d\u00e9cembre 2010 – N\u00b0 120 – Guitare de Pierre LOUVET<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gauche : guitare de Pierre Louvet, Paris 1760, \u00a9 Jacques-Henri Bayle
Droite : guitare de Lambert, Paris 1775, \u00a9 D.R<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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AN EXTREMELY RARE GUITAR BY PIERRE LOUVET<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Pierre Louvet (1709-1784) made the most beautiful instruments for the Court and the Parisian musicians and gained a reputation for excellence which earned him the nickname of “the Stradivari of the hurdy-gurdy”. \u00a0<\/p>By Fran\u00e7oise et Daniel Sinier de Ridder<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The Stradivari of the hurdy-gurdy<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Pierre Louvet (1709-1784) is the son of Georges Louvet, an inconspicuous Parisian maker originally from Normandy, who was close to the maker Pierre Tourte. At the beginning of the 18th century, Georges Louvet was known for his hurdy-gurdies. To meet the demands of musical tastes and practices, he skilfully modified and transformed a number of old instruments, such as lutes and guitars, into hurdy-gurdies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Georges’ two sons, Pierre and Jean (1718-1793), who in turn became makers, made the most beautiful instruments for the Court and the Parisian musicians. They gained a reputation for excellence and Pierre Louvet was nicknamed “the Stradivari of the hurdy-gurdy”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hurdy-gurdies, mandolins, citterns\u2026 and guitars<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Few guitars by this maker are known, but the post-mortem inventory of his workshop carried out by makers Cousineau and Saint-Paul leave no doubt: within the large stocks of wood and various instruments left behind, there were many fittings, including pegs, rosettes and marquetry, intended for the manufacture of guitars. It is clear from this inventory that Pierre Louvet not only made hurdy-gurdies, but also mandolins, guitars, citterns and other instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This guitar, made in Paris in 1760, as the original label states, bears the iron brand of Pierre Louvet at the bottom of the front. The back and sides are made of mahogany sections separated by composite purfling; the front is made of spruce and still features its original parchment rosette; and finally, a typically Parisian strip of marquetry adorns the edges of the instrument.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Seventeenth century influences are still perceptible on this guitar. The overall model, the particular method with which the purfling was fitted and the sides were assembled, but mostly the headstock profile and the narrow neck are all reminiscent of the prestigious guitars of the Voboam dynasty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The comparison with another guitar sold in Vichy on 10 June 2006, made by Lambert in Paris in 1775, also with a body made from alternating bands of wood, decorated with Parisian-style marquetry and featuring a parchment rosette, demonstrates how, in the space of 15 years, guitar making had evolved to prepare for the upheaval that revolutionised its history and repertoire: the transition to six strings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Fran\u00e7oise et Daniel Sinier de Ridder<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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