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René François Lacôte

René François Lacôte (1785–1855) was a Romantic guitar luthier from Paris, France. His guitars
were played by guitarists such as Fernando Sor, Ferdinando Carulli, Dionisio Aguado, Napoléon
Coste, and Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti. Musicologist René Vannes referred to Lacôte as the
"Stradivarius of the guitar" in his book Universal Dictionary of Luthiers. Lacôte apprenticed to the
luthier Joseph Pons. Ferndando Sor mentioned in his book Méthode pour la Guitare that "M. Lacote,
a French maker, the only person who, besides his talents, has proved to me that he possesses the
quality of not being inflexible to reasoning".

Gallery

1836 Lacôte guitar 1827 Lacôte 9-string Lacôte guitar ca. Napoléon Coste
guitar (top-right) 1835 with a Lacôte
Heptacorde (left)

1828 Lacôte guitar Three Lacôte guitars

label (bottom row, 2nd,
3rd, and 4th guitars)

References
[1] (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/503429) [2] (https://www.amati.com/en/m
aker/lacote-rene) [3] (http://www.earlyromanticguitar.com/erg/builders.htm#lacote) [4] (https://w
ww.sinier-de-ridder.com/pdf/sinier%20de%20ridder%20-%20lacote%20a%20paris%20gb.pdf) [5]
(http://www.earlyromanticguitar.com/erg/builders.htm#lacote) [6] (http://www.harpguitars.net/his
tory/lacote/lacote.htm) [7] (https://harrisguitarfoundation.org/rene-lacote-1830/) [8] (http://www.s
inier-de-ridder.com/pdf/sinier%20de%20ridder%20-%20lacote%20and%20aguado.pdf) [9] (http
s://www.siccasguitars.com/shop/guitar/rene-lacote-1835/)

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