This violin was made by Louis Fricot violin, in Poussay, France dated 1930. Louis Fricot is a French luthier who received a silver medal in the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris and was appointed in 1912 as the Technical Director in the Thibouville Lamy workshop.
Louis Fricot (1863 - 1946) was born in Poussay, a village in Mirecourt district in France on August 19, 1863. Louise was said to be an apprentice in Jérôme Thibouville Lamy’s workshop his father Ghilbert-Jean Fricot was employed.
He received a silver medal in the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris while he was employed in the Thibouville Lamy workshop. He was appointed as a Technical Director in 1912.
Mezzoforte carbon fibre violins are carefully assembled by an expert luthier in the Mezzoforte workshop in Germany and undergo rigorous testing before being sold.
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This is a Model B Violin made according to the specifications of Helmut Illner a renowned German luthier whose works had been sought after by many musicians in the past several decades. The violin features:
This violin was made under the supervision of French violin maker Paul Jombar in Paris in the year 1920. Paul Jombar is a French violin maker born in Saint-Quentin. He set up his own workshop in 1892 at 20, rue Rochechouart in Paris.