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Georges Chanot III

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in 1830, the son of Georges Chanot II and the younger brother of Adolphe Chanot, he originally was apprenticed to his father George Chanot II in Paris, and later worked as an assistant to Charles Adolphe Maucotel (c.1820-1858) at Rupert Street in London from 1851-1857. When Maucotel retired Chanot
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district of London, mostly selling violins made by his father. However, he lived an extravagant lifestyle and spent his money as fast as he made it. In 1881 he was at the centre of a court case concerning a violin to which he had given a fake
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He married Sarah Hollier (1830-1894) in London in 1854. His three sons, Joseph Antony Chanot, Frederick William Chanot and George Adolphus Chanot followed him in the business. The couple also had three daughters.
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but Chanot qualified his admission of guilt by claiming that this was common practice in the violin-selling business; the court was unconvinced by his explanation and found him guilty.
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Georges Chanot III died in London in 1895. In his will he left £3355 5s 8d. He was buried with his wife in St Mary's churchyard in
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England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Georges Chanot
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Despite his dubious activities Chanot established a lasting reputation as one of the best
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label and then sold as genuine. His deception was discovered by violin-maker
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bought the business and from 1858 he successfully ran it from 157
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Wardour Street

Sydenham
Oxfordshire
luthier
Paris
France
Wardour Street
Soho
Carlo Bergonzi
William Ebsworth Hill
luthiers
atelier
Joseph Joachim
August Wilhelmj
Henryk Wieniawski
Royal Warrant
Duke of Edinburgh
Sydenham
Oxfordshire


"'157 Wardour Street, Then and Now' Soho Clarion - the Journal of The Soho Society - Winter 2006/7 Issue 127 - pg 12"
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Chanot on the Antonio Strings website


Chanot biography on the Corilon website
Marriage of Georges Chanot III and Sarah Hollier

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