Jean Vauchel
Jean Vauchel (born March 9, 1782 , actually Johannes Cornelius Vauchel, in Offenbach am Main ; † January 10, 1856 in Damm (Aschaffenburg) ) was a violin maker of French descent mainly active in Germany .
Life
Vauchel was the son of a French engraver, an émigré who soon returned to Paris with his family . There the son Vauchel learned the craft of violin from a certain master Tourte and soon made a career because of his skills. He became the court violin maker for Napoleon's brother Jérôme , King of Westphalia, who lived in Kassel from 1807 to 1813 . Further stations of his work were Mainz and Offenbach, in 1812 he became court violin maker for Grand Duke Ferdinand III. from Toscana in Würzburg . When Würzburg became Bavarian soon afterwards, he rose to become royal violin maker, but remained in the city for the next few decades.
In 1853 he and his journeyman left Würzburg because he had gotten into an argument with the city fathers. He moved to Schweinheim near Aschaffenburg , a year later to Damm north of Aschaffenburg, where he died two years later.
Vauchel was considered a gifted violin maker, but also a difficult person to deal with. He got angry at little things. He moved away from Würzburg because he had to move out of a demolished house, in Schweinheim children had shot at his pigeons and he did not want to be buried in Damm either. His grave is now in the old town cemetery in Aschaffenburg.
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| SURNAME | Vauchel, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German violin maker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Offenbach am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1856 |
| Place of death | Dam (Aschaffenburg) |