Jacques-Antoine PAJOT (1845-1920) Founder of the workshop Pajot-Jeune.

Fir soundboard decorated with geometric patterns in cochineal carmine and lined with bone and ebony marquetry. Body made of nine ribs of maple and walnut. Peghead carved with a woman’s head.

Bone and ebony fingerboards. Flower marquetry.

Provenance: Collection Gérard Coppéré, Thiers.

This hurdy-gurdy was played by Jean-Baptiste MALLET, 1904-1980, Place called “Les Hommades” Celles-sur-Durolle, Puy-de-Dôme.