This is an antique Gliga Vasile professional violin in a Stradivari pattern. Made in Romania, this violin’s solid structure, from its spruce top to its maple back neck and sides, is blended with high flamed body varnished by hand with antique oil. It has Inlaid purfling, flamed maple bridge, ebony fingerboard, and heart-shaped pegs, adding more to its beauty.
The violin also includes Wittner ultralight tailpiece, ebony Teka chinrest, and string adjusters attached to the tailpiece.
This is a Mirecourt Violin made around the 1930s with the label of a French luthier named L'Humbert. Emile L'Humbert is a French luthier who settled in rue de Passy in Paris in 1906 and began to make beautiful instruments until 1920 for Parisian luthiers.
This is a Henri Farny violin made around 1910 and imported from Mirecourt, France to the USA with a label. Henri Farni’s works were mostly imported by Rembert Wurlitzer from Mirecourt, France to Cincinnati and New York USA.
This 7/8 size violin is labelled Thomas Challoner who worked in Chester, England around 1790. Thomas Challoner was one of the known violin makers in the 18th century.
The 1927 Collin-Mezin violin is a masterpiece crafted in the renowned Collin-Mezin Workshop, established in the 19th century by Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin in Paris. After passing in 1923, his son, Charles Collin-Mezin Jr., took over the workshop. In 1925, the workshop moved to Mirecourt, France. Known for producing vibrant instruments with outstanding sound flexibility, the workshop's tradition continues with the 1927 Collin-Mezin violin.