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.  
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*** In January of 2019, our small workshop in Wichita celebrated sixty-six years in business. We are not in the 1952 Wichita telephone directory, but we ARE in the 1953.
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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, 1935Georges Apparut, Mirecourt, 1948
Marcellus Robin, Bordeaux, 1923
Charles Jean-Baptiste Colin-Mezin, Paris, 1944
Sebastian Auguste Deroux, Paris, 1897
Auguste Delivet, Paris, 1910