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A fine French cello bow by Charles Nicolas Bazin !
A fine professional cello bow made by Charles Nicolas Bazin (made around 1895) - certified by JF Raffin.
Very good bow made after a very nice Vuillaume model.
Beautiful round orange-brown pernambucco stick - not to weak, with a fine curve,
and a good balance. This bow plays easy - reacts fast - and produces a full and beautiful tone - just a prefect violin bow
for the solo player or the advanced student.
The length of the stick is around 69;8 cm (4/4 size), and the weight of the bow is around 78,5 gr.
It comes with new hair and exotic leather grip.
The bow has been porfesionally checked by our bow experts.
All parts original. no cracks - Best price / quality.
Biography of Charles Bazin - John Dilworth
BAZIN, Charles Nicolas (II) Born 1847, died 1915 Mirecourt France. Son and pupil of François Xavier Bazin, below. One of the best and most prolific and influential bow makers of Mirecourt. Early work on the models of his father, with rounded Vuillaume frogs. From 1870 he worked with J. Hel, and produced bows with octagonal sticks, and frogs with the Vuillaume miniature photograph eye. Used his own brand from c.1880, previous work having his father’s mark. Established a highly respected workshop employing around 15 workmen at its height c.1900. Active in the creation of the Mirecourt School of Violin Making, subsequently opened by Thibouville. Retired in 1907, leaving the business to his son.
Charles-Nicolas Bazin I, (1831 - 1908) brother of François Xavier Bazin. Among his apprentices was Célestin Émile Clasquin.
Bazin family
Bazin Family / Bazin Dynasty.
Highly esteemed family of bowmakers operating in Mirecourt, France, from around 1840 through most of the 1900s, (members of the Bazin family) produced bows in Mirecourt. The bow making dynasty began with François Bazin and ended with Charles Alfred Bazin (1907 - 1987).
With the onset of "Industrial Revolution", came the idea of the giant enterprise that dominated the industry until the 1960s, such as Jerome Thibouville-Lamy and Laberte-Magnie (in the musical instruments trade). Fortunately the smaller workshop never died, and in the hands of exceptional businessmen such as Charles Nicolas Bazin and his colleague Eugene Cuniot-Hury could prove exceptional.
The Bazins found ways of increasing production, while maintaining quality. They assembled an outstanding shop, where they not only apprenticed and employed talented bow makers, but also served as public and civic leaders in Mirecourt.
François Xavier Bazin- (b. Mirecourt 1824 - d. Mirecourt 1865) - was a French archetier / master bow maker and was first of the Bazin dynasty. Notable experts suggest that he was influenced and purportedly studied with Dominique Peccatte in Paris, and possibly Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, also in Paris, before establishing himself in Mirecourt around 1840. He died at the age of 41, apparently of cholera. He was the brother of Charles-Nicolas Bazin I.