Category:Jean Francois Salomon

**Jean-François Salomon**
	french musician, inventor of harpolyre
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Date of birth	1781
Date of death	1831
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A luthier who obtained a patent of Harpolyre in 1829. Harpolyre in 1829.

Not to be confused with a French composer, en:Joseph François Salomon (1649–1732).

Gregg Miner (updated: February, 2012). Organology: Harp Guitar "Relatives" - Harpolyres. www.harpguitars.net.
" Note to the casual reader or researcher: This Reference Gallery features historical instruments that are not harp guitars, but “relatives” or distant “cousins” – presented on Harpguitars.net for historical and organological comparison. ",
" Harpolyre: Patented by Jean Francois Salomon in 1829 (and built by Andre Augustin Chevrier, according to the BMFA), this is a very interesting instrument, and a difficult one to classify. Since it is fully fretted, it cannot technically qualify as a "true" harp guitar by any definition. Yet it was clearly designed to be played very much like an intricate harp guitar. ... Nor is it a "triple-neck" guitar, nor a type of lyre guitar. ... "

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