by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
HURDY-GURDY TIXIER in JANZAT, 19th century Pierre TIXIER, (1829-1887). Worker at the Pajot workshop then master luthier. Throughout his career, his stamp indicated Janzat rather than Jenzat. Fir soundboard decorated with geometric patterns in cochineal carmine and...
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
HURDY-GURDY PAJOT JEUNE. JENZAT, 1895 Jacques-Antoine PAJOT (1845-1920) Founder of the workshop Pajot-Jeune. Fir soundboard decorated with geometric patterns in cochineal carmine and lined with bone and ebony marquetry. Body made of nine ribs of maple and walnut....
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
VIOLIN SCHOOL OF PARIS XVIIIth century Spruce soundboard. Back and ribs veneered with alternating strips of maple and mahogany. Head joint. Four period pegs, in rosewood. Apocryphal label by Nicolas Amati. Length: 35.4cm. Scale length: 19.7cm Read...
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
CLOWN Fiddle Kit violin designed and played by Wladyslaw SEGLA (1902-2007) Handwritten inside label: W. Ségla / Paris 1938. Cherry, mahogany, fir. W: 59.5cm Body width: 4.9 – 5.4cm. Painter of Polish origin, he was first a cabinetmaker and a musician in his country....
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
VIOLIN “DUIFOPRUGGAR” Attributed to Honoré DERAZEY, 1794-1883. The back, in two parts of curly maple, is surrounded by a double fillet and carved in low relief with floral motifs arranged at the top and at the four corners. The lower part is decorated with a large...
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
BELL VIOLIN COUESNON, 94 rue d’Angoulême, PARIS. 1900. Invented in London by Johannes Matthias August STROH (Frankfort am Main, 1828 – London 1914) and patented in 1899, the “Strohviol” was played to facilitate sound recordings during recordings on wax...
