Paul Alexandre Mangenot – Violin Maker – Mirecourt France

Paul Alexandre Mangenot – Violin Maker

(1862 – 1942)
Paul Mangenot served his apprenticeship with Paul Bailly before going on to work at some of the most important French violin making workshops of the time. Mangenot worked in Lille at the workshop of Joseph Pierre Hel, and in Paris at the renowned violin workshop of Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin.

Mangenot moved back to Mirecourt in 1888 where he set up his workshop located at 24, Faubourg Saint Vincent. At this time he acquired the business of Derazy. Mangenot also acquired the trade names of D. Nicolas Ainé and Honoré Derazey, Mangenot continued these lines until 1920.

In 1927 the Mangenot violin brand “A La Ville de Cremonne” was purchased by the Labert-Humbert workshop, which used it as a trade name for a part of their production.