FINE FRENCH VIOLIN CHARLES J.B. COLLIN-MEZIN, 1944

Description

WICHITA BAND INSTRUMENT COMPANY 2525 East Douglas Avenue Wichita, KS 67211
A good French violin from the Collin-Mezin Mirecourt workshop bearing original label dated 1944
Two piece back of broad figure, ribs and scroll of similar wood.
Table of narrow grain spruce.
Back length is 354 mm.
Total weight, without chin-rest, is 418 grams.
Superb original condition, no cracks or damage, everything perfect or close to it.
Very bright soloist sound.  Typical of a better-quality mid 20th. century French instrument.
*** In January of 2020, our small workshop in Wichita celebrated sixty-seven years of service to professional, amateur and student musicians.
We employ thirteen highly skilled full-time workers and enjoy, 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
Alfred Vidoudez, Geneva, 1912
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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. Today we have 16 employees including six of the finest repair technicians in the country. 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.
Wichita Band Instrument Company maintains a repair department capable of restoration work of the highest quality. Even though repairs are essentially “free” for the first two years, after that period has expired, we remain at your service to maintain and repair your musical equipment forever. It’s our “service after the sale” promise and has been since 1953!
In the event that a customer requires service under factory guarantees or Wichita Band’s service warranty, the item must be returned to us and not directly to the manufacturer.
Anything we sell can be sent to you for a short approval period without obligation.  The customer is responsible for shipping and insurance and must pre-pay back to us any freight and insurance charges on returned equipment.
Wichita Band Instrument Co.
800-835-3006 payment line (USA and Canada),
316-684-0291 outside the USA and Canada order line, and info line