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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