Marc André Joseph Laberte (29 May 1880 – 29 March 1963) son of Pierre Alexis Auguste Laberte, was trained as a luthier as well as a bow maker. As early as 1911, he began to play an active role in the Laberte-Humbert Frères company. The Laberte workshop produced large range of instruments and bows consistent in quality, employed over 300 people by 1920. In addition, many skilled master makers worked for Laberte, including Camille Poirson, Charles Brugere, and Georges Apparut. The workshop owned a fine collection of instruments from all the famous makers including Antonio Stradivari, Guarneri del Gesù, Giuseppe filius Andrea Guarneri, Francesco Ruggeri, Nicolas Lupot, Jacob Stainer, and Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. They were meticulously examined and used as models for their own instruments. The workshop was disrupted in the war, and productions resumed after the war ended. The workshop continued for several years before it eventually closed down. Family Marc Laberte was born into a family of violin makers. His great grandfather set up a workshop in Mirecourt around 1780. On 21 May 1904, he married Marie Adeline Josephine Thérèse Drouin but she died on 15 December 1909. Before her death, she gave birth to André Emile Philippe Laberte; Philippe, as he was known, would become a violin maker like his father. After the death of his first wife, he married again, this time to Geneviève Josephine Paule Francine Thouvenin on 15 April 1912 in Besançon. They had a daughter on 6 June 1916 named Claude. Career Thanks to his efforts, the firm Laberte Humbert Frères developed a production of high quality instruments alongside its "workshop-like" production. As a sign of legacy instruments bearing the Laberte Humbert label, with or without the round stamp that reads LH, are always of the highest standard. Those bearing the Marc Laberte label, with or without the reference to one of the instruments of his collection, are always made with careful attention to the choice of wood and craftsmanship. These best instruments were produced by a small team of skilled craftsman known as “l’Atelier des Artistes”. The list includes Joseph Aubry, Charles Brugère, and Camille Poirson, among many others, who worked with this special team of violin makers. Georges Apparut, who joined Laberte Humbert Frères toward the end of 1902 and who remained with the firm for 21 years, was in charge of this “artistic” production. The Workshop In 1915 Marc Laberte joined