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- Category: Articles
- Dr John Basford records the genealogy of the Collin-Mezin and Colin families revealing a common ancestor. The article also shows the many leading Mirecourt figures who were in their circle of friends.
- Seeing the wood for the trees: bow wood from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, by John Basford
- Women Violin Makers: Mirecourt’s Luthières 1886-1901, by John Basford
- A New Genealogy for Lockey Hill
- Sousa Bows made from ipê hardwood
- Antique violin appraisal by Tim Toft
- Why choose Tim Toft Violins?
- How To Choose A Bow
- Famous French Bow Makers from the past
- Victor François Fétique – French Bow Maker
- Joseph Alfred Lamy (Lamy Père) 1850-1919 – French Bow Maker
- Eben!Holz e.V. | Protecting endangered wood for musical instrument making
- Famous Violin Makers of the past
- Eugène Nicolas Sartory (1871–1946)
- Stradivarius Violins, History, Price and Sound
- Violins…a buyer’s guide, what to consider when buying a violin
- Caring for your violin, our top tips for keeping your instrument in good condition.
- Jean-Auguste Darte (1830-1892)
- Category: News & Events
- Eben!Holz – The Araponga Project
- Christmas Opening Times 2024
- Jay Haide Weekend 6th, 7th December 2024
- W.E. Hill & Sons Panormo copy violin bow.
- Violin by Giulio Degani 1902
- Luca Primon Maestro Liutaio Book
- Free Valuation Day Saturday 3rd February 2024
- Christmas Opening Hours 2023
- Free Valuation Day Saturday 11th November 2023
- Free Valuation Day Saturday 7th October 2023
- Stafford Sinfonia: Music, She Wrote
- Stafford Sinfonia Spring Classics
- Trent Chamber Orchestra 15th January 2023
- Christmas Free Valuation Day, Saturday 17th December 2022
- Christmas and New Year opening hours
- Pernambuco: Latest updates from CITES CoP19, 02.12.2022.
- Stokie School
- Pernambuco (PAUBRASILIA ECHINATA ) Latest Situation
- Trevor Hunter and Fiona Driver, Shetland and Orkney Islands come to Stone!
- Easter 2022 Opening Hours
- J.B. Vuillaume Employees – Télesphore Barbé (1822 –1892)
- Violin by Hesketh 1931, Viola by Hesketh 1900
- Free Valuation Day Saturday 5th February 2022
Products
- JTL c.1890
- Neuner & Hornsteiner c.1890
- W. E. Hill & Sons - Sydney Yeoman, London c.1930
- Cordano School c.1730
- Stephen Bristow
- W. E. Hill & Sons, London c.1900
- Late 20th Century
- George Stoppani, Manchester 2011
- George Stoppani, Manchester 2004
- 1/2 Neuner & Hornsteiner c.1890
- Medio Fino c.1900
- W. E. Hill & Sons 1900
- Eugenio Degani, Venice 1895
- Jay Haide 'Special Model' Guadagnini
- Garner Wilson c.1985
- George Hudson, Skegness 1899
- George Craske c.1860
- Cesare Candi, Genova 1920
- Riccardo Genovese, Montiglio 1929
- William Watson c.1970
- Jay/Barratt c.1750
- 3/4 Neuner & Hornsteiner, Mittenwald c.1890
- Mittenwald c.1850
- Louis Morizot Frères c.1950
- Carlo Carletti, Pieve di Cento c.1910-15
- Charles JB Collin-Mezin, Paris 1887
- Anthony Ferguson 15 7/8"
- Germany 1894
- Dresden c.1890
- Jay Haide à l'ancienne German Model
- Charles Alfred Bazin, Mirecourt c.1985
- F. G. Richards, Eastbourne 1938 16 1/2"
- Luca Primon, Trento 2015
- Honoré Derazey, Mirecourt c.1845
- W. E. Hill & Sons – A. Leeson, London c.1930
- James Tubbs, London c.1890
- Eugenio Degani, Venice 1891
- Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy c.1900
- Wolff Bros, Germany 1906
- Markneukirchen c.1920
- James Tubbs, London c.1890
- Luca Primon Maestro Liutaio
- French c.1900 Caussin School
- Justin Derazey Workshop, Paris c.1880
- Voller Brothers c.1910
- French c.1920, Mougenot School
- Buthod JTL c.1900
- François Xavier Tourte c.1825
- Eraclio Raineri, Genoa 1946
- Percival Wilfred Bryant, Sussex c.1960
- Reid Hudson, Canada c.1980
- Eugène Sartory, Paris c.1920
- W. E. Hill & Sons, London c.1935
- W. E. Hill & Sons, London c.1915
- Émile Auguste Ouchard c.1930
- Eugène Sartory, Paris c.1920
- Eugène Sartory, Paris c.1920
- Concert
- Concert
- Concert
- James Parkinson, Llandudno 1923 16 ¼”
- Albin Hums c.1920
- French Barzoni model, 1889
- Rudolf Neudörfer c.1980
- August Edwin Prager c.1950
- Eugène Sartory, Paris c.1930-35
- Eugène Sartory, Paris c.1900-5
- Louis Bazin, Mirecourt c.1925
- 3/4 Lowendall Workshop, Dresden c.1890
- Georg Karl Klotz, Mittenwald 1750
- Tomaso Eberle, Naples c.1760
- Wolff Bros, Germany 1906
- Saxony c.1800
- German-style Sousa, Valdecir
- Mayfield
- Mayfield
- R. Paesold
- V. Schaeffer
- W. E. Hill & Sons - A. Barnes, London c.1935
- Carbon Fibre, Wood Veneer
- Sousa, A. Carvalho
- Sousa, Valdecir
- Sousa, Valdecir
- Sousa, T. Siqueira
- Sousa, T. Siqueira
- Sousa, J. Galacha
- W. E. Hill & Sons, London c.1930
- W. E. Hill & Sons - A. Leeson, London c.1930
- Anglo/French c.1900
- ½ German c.1900
- Charles Alfred Bazin, Mirecourt c.1950
- James Tubbs, London c.1870
- Breton Brevete (JTL) c.1900 16 1/8"
- ½ Jay Haide à l'ancienne
- Markneukirchen c.1930
- French JTL c.1900
- Sousa, J. Galacha
- 3/4 Carbon Fibre
- Carbon Fibre, Wood Veneer
- Hermann Richard Pfretzschner c.1920
- Charles Alfred Bazin, Mirecourt c.1950
- Bernard Ouchard, Mirecourt c.1970
- Philipp Paul Nürnberger, Markneukirchen c.1925
- W. E. Hill & Sons - S. Yeoman, London c.1915
- W. E. Hill & Sons, London c.1930
- W. E. Hill & Sons, London c.1930
- Pasquale Ventapane
- Ballarini Riminese, Perugia 1748
- Lorenzo & Tomaso Carcassi, Florence 1770
- Gand & Bernardel No.457, Paris 1867
- François Louis Pique, Paris 1802
- Bruno Barbieri No.126, Mantua c.1979 16 1/4"
- Charles JB Collin-Mezin, Paris 1884
- Buthod J.T.L, Mirecourt 1898
- 1/2 Aier Schaeffer
- Bolin LI
- Bolin LI
- San Carlo
- V. Schaeffer, Brasil
- Sousa, J. Rossoni
- Sousa, T. Siqueira
- Sousa, J. Galacha
- Sousa, J. Rossoni
- Sousa, J. Rossoni
- Sousa, T. Siqueira
- Sousa, W. Sousa
- Sousa, T. Siqueira
- Sousa, J. Galacha
- Sousa, J. Galacha
- Steffen Kuhnla, Germany
- Dörfler
- Eugène Sartory, Paris c.1930
- Jean-Joseph Martin, Mirecourt c.1900
- ¾ Finkel Atelier
- Dörfler
- Sousa, T. Siqueira
- Julius Heinrich Zimmermann, Germany
- ⅞ Jay Haide 101
- ½ Jay Haide 101
- ¼ Jay Haide à l'ancienne
- ¼ Jay Haide 101
- ¾ Jay Haide à l'ancienne
- ½ Dresden c.1890
- W. E. Hill & Sons, London c.1965
- W. E. Hill & Sons - Arthur Copley, London c.1926
- W. E. Hill & Sons, London c.1910
- Émile Auguste Ouchard, Mirecourt Paris
- J. MacCarthy, Cambridge 1923
- Charles Nicolas Bazin, Mirecourt c.1905
- Albert Nürnberger, Markneukirchen c.1900
- Émile Auguste Ouchard, Mirecourt c.1925
- Gand & Bernardel Frères, Paris 1876
- Joh. Schneider
- Carbon Fibre, Wood Veneer
- Carbon Fibre
- ¾ French JTL c.1910
- ¾ French Breton Brevete c.1900
- ¾ JTL c.1900 'Phebes'
- Claude Thomassin, Paris c.1925
- George Hudson, Skegness 1895
- Jay Haide à l'ancienne Stradivari
- William John, London 2008
- Thomas Kennedy, London 1833
- John Wilkinson, London 1919
- W. E. Hill & Sons, London c.1930
- Sartory and the case of spurious bows
- Charles Nicolas Bazin, Mirecourt c.1890/1900
- Joseph Chevrier, Mirecourt 1889
- Mirecourt 1891 'The Carrodus'
- George Barjonnet, Mirecourt c.1950
- Carbon Fibre, Wood Veneer
- W. Dörfler
- Carbon Fibre
- Sousa, J. Galacha
- Sousa, Valdecir
- Sousa, T. Siqueira
- Sousa, T. Siqueira
- Sousa, J. Galacha
- French JTL 'Compagnon' c.1900
- Sousa, W. Zucolotto
- Alecio dos Reis, Tubbs copy
- Jay Haide European Statue
- Karl Heinz Richter
- W. E. Hill & Sons - A. Barnes, London 1929
- Hill Model
- Marco Raposo
- Sousa, T. Siqueira
- Jay Haide European Statue 15 ¾" - 16 ¼"
- Neuner & Hornsteiner, Mittenwald c.1890 15 ⅝"
- Albert Nürnberger, Markneukirchen c.1950
- David Rattray, London 1997
- James Briggs, Glasgow 1924
- John K. Empsall / Hill c.1920
- ⅞ Buthod JTL c.1900
- Arcus P5
- Otto Dürrschmidt c.1960
- Hermann Richard Pfretzschner c.1950
- Paul Emile Miquel, Mirecourt c.1875
- James Dodd, London c.1830
- 19th Century English Dodd Copy, London
- Émile Auguste Ouchard, Mirecourt Paris c.1940
- William Watson, Dorset
- Nicolas Rémy Maire, Mirecourt Paris c.1835
- Gotthard Schuster c.1950
- Sousa, J. Galacha
- Marco Raposo
- Eugène Sartory, Paris c.1925
- Émile Auguste Ouchard, Paris 1962
- Albert Nürnberger, Markneukirchen c.1920
- Calvin Vultur, Reghin 2023
- L. A. Perry, Llandudno 1990
- Claudio Monteverde, Cremona 1923
- Jay Haide Vuillaume
- Hippolyte Chrétien Silvestre, Paris 1890, 16⅛''
- Honore Derazey, Paris c.1845
- John Betts, London c.1810
- Pierre Hel, Lille 1920
- Auguste Falisse, Brussels 1924
- Franz Grill, Dornbirn 1966
- Thomas Earle Hesketh, Manchester 1929
- François Lotte, Mirecourt c.1945
- Percival Wilfred Bryant, London
- Colin Cross, Newark 2016 16 ¼"
- Jacob Ford, London c.1780 15 ½"
- Hungarian 16''
- Anton Klier, Germany 16''
- Louis Lowendall, Berlin 1899
- Neuner & Hornsteiner, Mittenwald c.1890
- Violmaster 1995
- C. M. Bastian, Paris 1909
- Louis Courtier, Mirecourt 1928
- Willy Berndt, Berlin 1926
- Louis Noebe, Bad Homburg 1888
- Gustave Bernardel, No.191 Paris 1900
- Markneukirchen
- Ralph Plumb 2022
- Adam Whone, London 1984
- Heinrich Theodore Heberlein Jr., Markneukirchen
- Emile L'Humbert No.68, Paris 1924
- George Craske, Manchester 1836
- Jay Haide ‘Special Model’ Stradivari
- Jay Haide à l’ancienne Montagnana
- Jay Haide à l’ancienne Ruggieri
- Sousa, W. Zucolotto, Brazil
- Louis Morizot Père, Mirecourt c.1930
- Leon Mougenot, Mirecourt 1900
- Arthur Beales, Peterborough 1929
- Jay Haide à l’ancienne Balestrieri
- Grandjon Fils, Mirecourt c.1870, 15 ⅝"
- Camillo Camilli, Mantua 1739
- Sousa, W. Zucolotto Pecatte copy, 2017
- Jay Haide 'Special Model' Goffriller
- Jay Haide à l'ancienne Goffriller
- Edward Popplewell I'Anson (J'Anson), Manchester 1851
- John Owen, Leeds 1931
- Betts Workshop, London 1810
- Alfredo Gianotti No. 119, Milan 1980
- Marc Laberte c.1920
- August Rau c.1930
- W. E. Hill & Sons - S. Yeoman, London c.1925
- Riccardo Genovese, Montiglio 1931
- ¾ A. Darte
- Andrew Fairfax, Newark 1979
- Jay Haide à l'ancienne 5 Strings
- Marcel Charles Lapierre, Mirecourt 1951
- Luboš Oubrecht
- Index of Mirecourt Luthiers 1901
- Dictionary Of British Violin And Bow Makers
- The Messiah Violin: A Reliable History?
- The Voller Brothers
- Antonio Stradivari The Cremona Exhibition of 1987 by Charles Beare
- The Brompton’s Book of Violin and Bow Makers
- W.E. Hill & Sons Violin Makers 1880 – 1936 (Standard and Deluxe editions available)
- Index of Mirecourt Luthiers 1896
- Index of Mirecourt Luthiers 1886
- Violin Making in Scotland (Hardback)
- Universal Dictionary of Violin and Bow Makers
- The Stradivari Legacy (Standard and Deluxe editions available)
- The British Violin
- Roma & I Suoi Leutari
- Lituai Piemontesi fra XIX e XX sec. da Pressenda a Fagnola
- Les Violons – Venetion Instruments, Paintings and Drawing
- Italienische Violinen des 18.Jahrhunderts
- Italian and French Violin Makers (Two Volumes)
- il Conte Cozio Di Salabue
- Great Italian Violinmaking
- Domenico Montagnana | Lauter in Venetia
- A Living Legacy
- Louis August Lagarenne, Brussels 1926
- John Dodd, London c.1810
- Victor Fétique, Paris c.1930
- Sousa, T. Siqueira
- Sousa, W. Zucolotto
- Sousa, Valdecir
- C. Lozer
- G. Werner
- Joh. Schneider
- Carbon Fibre
- Maurice Rougier, Toulon 1945
- W. E. Hill & Sons - S. Yeoman, London
- C. Hans Karl Schmidt, Dresden 1969
- M. Fischer c.1990
- M. Pereira, silver special Arcos
- Joh. Schneider
- Eugène Sartory, Paris c.1895, branded ‘Darche Bruxells’
- Joseph Alfred Lamy 'Père', Paris c.1890
- W. E. Hill & Sons - A. Barnes, London c.1938
- Emile François Ouchard, Mirecourt c.1925
- W. E. Hill & Sons - A. Barnes, London c.1930
- Marie Louis Piernot, Paris c.1925
- W. E. Hill & Sons, London c.1959
- C. Hans Karl Schmidt, Dresden c.1970
- J. S. Finkel c.1980
- K. Gerhard Penzel c.1960
- Neuveville c.1950
- G. Werner
- Giovanni Battista Gaibisso, Alassio 1941
- Luca Primon, Trento 1996
- Betts workshop, London c.1820
- William Atkinson, London 1928
- Charles Alfred Bazin, Mirecourt c.1965
- J. E. Vickers
- Sousa, Valdecir
- Joh. Schneider
- German-style Carbon Fibre, Wood Veneer
- German-style Carbon Fibre
- German-style Bow
- Erich Steiner
- D. Muniz
- Jay Haide à l'ancienne Quenoil Model
- Joseph Boudil 1947
- Jay Haide 101 Quenoil Model
- Jay Haide 101 Panormo Model
- Davide Chirone, Marino Comense 1904, 16''
- Jay Haide à l’ancienne Panormo Model
- Jay Haide à l’ancienne 5 String
- Hungarian, Rácz Family 'Lion Head'
- C. Rácz, Budapest, 5 String
- German c.1900
- Marc Laberte c.1925
- Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi, Milan c.1770 - 1775
- Thomas Kennedy, London c.1825
- Bonghyun Yang, Stone 2015
- Jay Haide 'Special Euro' Vuillaume
- Ian Highfield ‘Goffriller’ copy, Derbyshire 2002
- Jay Haide European Statue
- Jay Haide à l'ancienne Baroque
- Jay Haide 101
- Jay Haide 104 Superior
- Charles Frank Langonet, London c.1930, 16 ⅝”
- Richmond Henry Bird, Liverpool 1911, 16 ¼”
- Member of Klotz family, Mittenwald c.1770, 15 ⅛”
- Isabella Streicher, Milan 2007, 16 ⅛”
- Dr Alfred Helzner, Dresden 1893, 15 ⅝”
- James Parkinson, Llandudno 16 9/16”
- André Chevrier, Paris 1955,
16 ⅞” - Jay Haide ‘Special Model’ Stradivari 15 ½” – 16 ½”
- Jay Haide à l’ancienne Maggini
15 ½” – 16 ½” - Jay Haide à l’ancienne Stradivari 14” – 16 ½”
- Jay Haide 101 14″–16 ½″
- Jay Haide ‘Special Model’ Bajoni 15 ½'' – 16 ½''
- Helen Pegram, Stafford 2000 16”
- Marco Minnozzi, Bologna 2017
- Emile Boulangeot, Lyon 1925
- Mathias Weineisen, Mittenwald 1915
- ½ French Colin School
- ¾ Haide School
- ½ Mirecourt c.1900
- ¾ Andres Köhler, Voigtland
- Jay Haide à l’ancienne Baroque
- Jay Haide 101
- Jay Haide ‘Special Model’ Guarneri Ole Bull
- Jay Haide ‘Special Model’ Stradivari
- Jay Haide ‘Special Model’ Balestrieri
- Jay Haide à l’ancienne Guarneri
- Jay Haide à l’ancienne Guadagnini
- Jay Haide 104 Superior
- Jay Haide à l’ancienne Stradivari
- Jean Hyacinthe Rottenburgh, Brussels 1753
- George Craske, Birmingham/Manchester c.1849
- Gand & Bernardel Frères No.157, Paris 1878, 16 ¼"
- Voller Brothers, London 1898
- Paul Bailly No. 764, Paris 1892
- Jacques Pierre Thibout No.8, Paris 1829
- Gand & Bernardel Frères No.784, Paris 1878
- Dante & Alfredo Guastalla, Reggiolo 1925
- Armando Barbieri, Forlì 1925
- Annibale Fagnola, Turin 1906
Makers
- Edward Popplewell I'Anson (J'Anson)
- Télesphore Barbé
- William George Geary
- Victor Unsworth
- W.E. Hill & Sons
- Dante and Alfredo Guastalla
- Auguste Désiré Louis Falisse
- Jean Augustin Darte
- Honoré (Jean-Joseph) Derazey
- Giuseppe Pedrazzini
- Giovanni Battista Gaibisso
- Riccardo Genovese
- Jacques-Pierre Thibout
- Joseph Anthony Chanot
- Camillo Camilli
- Voller Brothers
- Thomas Kennedy
- Luigi Galimberti
- Emile Boulangeot
- Joseph Hel
- Paul Bailly
- Joseph Alfred Lamy (aka Lamy père)
- Victor François Fétique
- Émile François Ouchard (aka Ouchard père)
- Eugène Nicolas Sartory
- James Tubbs
- Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi (Landolphi)
- Armando Giulio Barbieri
- Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume
- Gand & Bernardel Frères
- Annibale Fagnola
- Charles Nicolas Bazin II