by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
PROCESSIONAL CELLO Cello or processional bass. France, 19th century. Extremely rare instrument used to accompany hymns during religious ceremonies. Without much commercial value, these instruments most often disappeared as soon as the harmonium was adopted. Plane tree...
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
SURREALIST VIOLIN by Jacques GRANDCHAMP. Twentieth century This musical sculpture uses the materials used in the manufacture of the violin, namely maple and spruce. The body of the instrument, hollowed out of a block of maple, represents a female foot shod in a...
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
Romantic guitar THOREL in MIRECOURT. c.1830 Maurice THOREL, born in Mirecourt in 1802; died in this city after 1872. He succeeded his father-in-law, Charles-Nicolas LETE (1778-1842) Stamped THOREL inside. Birdseye maple back and sides. Spruce veneer on the inside of...
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
VIOLA “Chanot” type viola. 19th century French making. Apocryphal label: “Jean Lupot”. Model without corners (CC), with bridge – tailpiece glued to the table according to the principle of the guitar, invented by Francis Chanot in 1818....
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
MONOXYL VIOLIN Object of virtue or ex-voto gratulatory made in Normandy from 1883 to 1884. Thanksgiving or a masterpiece of craftsmanship, this violin is made from a single piece of wood (pitch pin) and has no gluing. The instrument was hollowed out of a block of...
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
HURDY-GURDY CAILHE – DECANTE & FILS in CHARROUX, 19th century Jean-Baptiste CAILHE (1835-1919 and Jacques DECANTE (1808-1884) Henri CAILHE (1864 – …) Jacques Decante, hurdy-gurdy maker in Jenzat, joins forces with his son-in-law Jean-Baptiste Cailhe, who...
