Philippe Devanneaux, 1959年出生在法国巴黎,21岁之前一直住在巴黎郊区的 Sevran ,并在那里一直学习音乐,21岁的时候遇到匈牙利的制琴师,承诺教Philippe制琴。但是由于这位老师经常搬迁,Philippe在来到克雷蒙纳不久,不得不完全靠自己。幸运的是,他后来碰到许多制琴师,教授他技术并和他分享制琴心得。四年后,他熟练地掌握了制琴技术,随后学了2年的提琴修复以及维修和装配等。
Superior maker - also worked in Dublin. "Old Panormo" Don\'t believe 1740 date.
Vincenzo Panormo was probably born Vincenzo Trusiano. The name Panormo is the latinised form of Palermo, and he is thought to have adopted it after he left Sicily. Panormo almost certainly learned the craft of violin making in Naples, where he was living in the 1760s, and has long been assumed to have been a pupil of one of the Gaglianos. Little is known about his early life, but we do know for certain that he moved to Paris and was actively making instruments there in the 1770s and 1780s. He left Paris in 1789, no doubt as a result of the revolution, and moved to the safety of London, where he remained for the rest of his life, except for a short period spent in Dublin in 1791-2. Today Panormo\'s instruments are generally considered to be English, although his best work does show a certain Italian flair. His main influences were Stradivari and Amati . His skilled craftsmanship and fine choice of materials contribute to his reputation as the finest English maker of his day, and arguably the finest of all the English makers. (excerpted from Four Centuries of Violin Making by Tim Ingles.)