Antique Original French Violin by Master Luthier Charles Quenoil c. 1937 Paris

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WICHITA BAND INSTRUMENT COMPANY 2525 East Douglas Avenue Wichita, KS 67211
A fine French violin by Charles Quenoil bearing the original label “Charles Quenoil / 8 Faub. St. Denis / Paris, 1937 / No. 33". The back is of two pieces of maple of broad irregular figure, the table spruce of narrow grain, widening considerably to the flanks. The oil varnish is of a red-brown color. Back length is 352 mm. Weight, without chin-rest, is 390 grams. The instrument has come to us in superb original condition.
From William Henley's Universal Dictionary of Violin and Bow Makers: "Born at Mirecourt, 1878. Italian replicas in traditional grand manner seldon achieved by the French moderns. Supple varnish".
From Rene Vannes Dictionnaire Universal des Luthiers: "Ne a Mirecourt le 8-4-1878, fit son apprentissage dans sa ville natale, travailla ensuite chez Ch. Brugere en 1894, puis s'establit 8, rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis. Il habitait toujours le Bois du Pileu, commune d'Ignay (Seine-et-Oise) en 1935 et s'occupait de reparations et des copies d'anciens italiens".
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*** In January of 2021, our small workshop in Wichita celebrated sixty-eight years of service to professional, amateur and student musicians.
Today we have 10 employees including five of the finest repair technicians in the country. We’re happy to report a sterling reputation for top-quality restoration and ethical transactions. We are not amateurs, nor are we a “back bedroom” operation. We would be pleased to furnish you with references attesting to the above.
COME VISIT US!  Shopping for a good professional-quality violin?  We always have a selection of better instruments from the best European workshops. We're particularly fond of "old French" from the early 20th. century.  Strong voices, brilliant tonal qualities perfectly suited to orchestral and solo playing.
A few better violins, now in our shop...
Charles Quenoil, Paris, 1937
Louis Hequin, Paris, 1930
Eugene Langonet, Nantes, 1937
Caressa and Francais, Paris, 1952
Georges Cherpitel, Paris, 1935
Georges Apparut, Mirecourt, 1948
Marcellus Robin, Bordeaux, 1923
Charles Jean-Baptiste Colin-Mezin, Paris, 1944
Auguste Delivet, Paris, 1910
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Wichita Band Instrument Company is a small musical instrument emporium located in the center of the USA. We’ve been in business since 1953 and have had the same owner since 1963. Originally we were a repair shop that specialized in woodwind and sax restoration. Virtually ALL the items we sell have been fully reconditioned in our own shop, although we do sell a few unrestored historical instruments each year.
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