This violin is Labelled Collin-Mezin and was made in Paris dated 1911. Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin came from a line of luthiers where he created various instruments considered superior to other new instruments. This violin is most likely an early copy.
Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin was born in Mirecourt, France in 1841. He came from a line of luthiers where his father became his first apprenticeship. According to some sources, he worked in the workshop of Nicolas-François Vuillaume in Brussels for a certain period. He moved to Paris and started his own shop in 1868 in which he was established as one of the premier French luthiers in his time. That is because many considered his instruments superior to other new instruments. He created various instruments such as violins, violas, cellos, and basses. He is also a good bow maker. Collin – Mezin died in Paris in 1923.
Pietro Lombardi VL502 Violin features the following:
• Each instrument is meticulously calibrated for optimum sound production
• Highly select spruce top and beautifully flamed maple back, sides, and scroll
• Hand-applied, multi-layer amber spirit varnish
• Ebony fingerboard and boxwood fittings
• Guarneri patterns
• Available in full size (4/4)
This violin is a Copy of Antonio Stradivarius Cremonensis German 1719. Antonio Stradivari is a world-renowned Italian violin maker who was said to have brought the craft of violin-making into its highest pitch of perfection. His violin creations became some of the world’s most expensive violins.
This is a French Style violin made in Germany. This is one of many of Animato Strings' largest selections of new and old instruments including Asian-handcrafted instruments, European instruments as well as antique stringed instruments, and many more.
This is a French JTL Virtuoso Violin Copy (c 1900) of Francisco Ruggieri dated 1671. Ruggieri was a skilled instrument maker from a renowned family of luthiers in Cremona, Italy. JTL represents Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy & Cie, a French musical instrument manufacturing company established by Louis Emile Jérôme Thibouville and Marguerite Hyacinthe Lamy in the early 1900s.
Andreas Eastman VL305 Violin Features: ( Violin Only)
• Entirely hand-crafted from select tonewoods
• Select spruce top and highly flamed maple back, ribs, and scroll
• Hand-applied antique-style spirit varnish
• Hand-carved boxwood pegs, tailpiece, and chinrest with ebony trim (violin and viola)
• Stradivari pattern
• Wittner composite tailpiece with four fine tuners available as an option
• Violin available in sizes 1/10, 1/8, 1/4, 3/4 & 4/4
• Comes with bow, case, and rosin
