Sebastien Auguste Deroux

b June 29, 1848 Mirecourt. Was pupil there of his father, also a maker. Worked at Lyons under Silvestre neveu from April, 1866, to August 1869. After serving his four years of military service, worked with Miremont at Paris, from Nov. 20, 1873, till July 15, 1884, obtaining a " Mention honorable' as collaborateur at the Paris Exhibition, 1878. Then started his own workshop at 16, rue Geoffroy-Marie, Paris, where he has remained ever since. He has gained a great reputation as one of the best restorers of old instruments in Paris. Up till now he has made 91 new instruments (violins, altos, violoncellos). He follows the Stradivari and Guarneri patterns, using rather dark red-brown varnish. He only employs one workman. Was awarded a silver medal at the Paris Exhibition, 1889. Above the date, the letters "A. S. D."