Alfred Charles Langonet

Alfred Charles Langonet (1917–1973) was an English violin maker and founder, along with his father Charles Francois 'Frank' Langonet, of the firm . Last in line to the Langonet dynasty of violin makers, he was apprenticed to his father in the workshop at W. E. Hill & Sons before joining the RAF aged 19. Served with No. 209 Squadron RAF Coastal Command during World War II and was a rigger aboard the PBY Catalina that spotted the German battleship Bismarck. After the war he went into business with his father and C. F. Langonet & Son opened in 1946 at 71 Brondesbury Road, London.

Alfred Charles Langonet

Alfred Charles Langonet (1917–1973) was an English violin maker and founder, along with his father Charles Francois 'Frank' Langonet, of the firm . Last in line to the Langonet dynasty of violin makers, he was apprenticed to his father in the workshop at W. E. Hill & Sons before joining the RAF aged 19. Served with No. 209 Squadron RAF Coastal Command during World War II and was a rigger aboard the PBY Catalina that spotted the German battleship Bismarck. After the war he went into business with his father and C. F. Langonet & Son opened in 1946 at 71 Brondesbury Road, London.