Joseph Louis Germain

Joseph Louis Germain (23 July 1822—5 July 1870) was a French luthier and maker of violins and violoncellos from Mirecourt. He apprenticed in the hometown and began working at Charles François Gand's workshop in Paris in 1840. Germain made instruments for Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume in 1845–'50 before Charles-Adolphe Gand, his first employer's son, hired him as the principal luthier in 1851.