A French Violin from the Caussin Workshop in Neufchâteau, 1870-1880

A French violin made in Neufchâteau, France in the workshop of the esteemed Nicolas Caussin, circa 1870-1880; a two-piece spruce table of medium to wide grain, with a two-piece slab cut maple back of plain figuration, antiqued in the hallmark style that makes Caussin fabrications so easily recognizable and well loved: a dramatically shaded varnish of opaque brown upon a more golden butterscotch, with intentional craquelure and patina in great abundance, finished with a traditionally scribed purfling, complete with what’s left of an original wax seal just below the button.

Freshly fitted rosewood pegs with bone pips and collars, with bone saddles and matching chinrest, end-button and hollowed 112mm tailpiece, a French Despiau Superieur bridge, highest quality spruce soundpost, titanium tailgut, and Vision strings.

A great opportunity to own a beautifully voiced, highly aesthetic 19th century French instrument.