Auguste Delivet violin, Toronto 1924

Auguste Delivet (b.1861, d.1928) was a French luthier. He apprenticed under Victor Rombaux and François Chardin in Mirecourt. He transferred to Paris in 1887 to work for Hippolyte Chrétien Silvestre before opening his own atelier in 1892. He then moved to Canada in 1920 and was employed by R.S. Williams & Sons in Toronto as a foreman (premier ouvrier). According to R.S. Williams, Jr., Delivet prod