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.
French 3/4. Beautiful sound. There is an old, repaired hairline soundpost crack at the top.
Paul Beuscher began as a luthier who opened the Paul Beuscher Music Shop in 1850 in Paris at 27-29 Boulevard Beaumarchais. The string instruments bearing the label Paul Beuscher came most likely from Mirecourt, the centre of French violin making. They were bought there and sold in Paul Beuscher Music Shop in Paris bearing Paul Beuscher’s name.
A very well-made and beautiful-looking replica of a violin by Johann Baptiste Schweitzer made around 1890. It has a unique "Mulko" style - (crisscross plate) chinrest.
This Violin is Labelled (Copy) August Reichers which is made in Berlin. August Reichers (1836 – 1893) is a German violin maker who learned his trade in Markneukirchen, Germany under Carl Friedrich Fickers.
This Violin bears the label Joh. Bapt. Schweitzer C.1880. Johann Baptist Schweitzer is considered one of the finest violin makers in Vienna.
This is a French Trade Violin Instrument made around 1925. The images show the details and features of various parts of the instrument.
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
This 3/4 M. Couturieux Violin was made in Mirecourt, France around 1920. Couturieux is a French violin maker in Mirecourt in the mid – 19th century.
Norwegian folk violin music is primarily associated with the Hardanger fiddle, a national instrument with 8-9 strings, four/five of which are bowed and the rest are sympathetic strings that resonate and add overtones. This unique instrument is known for producing a polyphonic sound used in traditional dances and music, and it is often ornately decorated with carvings and inlay.
