"Chanot Model" Violin
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This cornerless violin has a body built according to the model of François Chanot, though this instrument was built by an anonymous builder according to some of his ideas. Trained in his father's workshop in Mirecourt, France, Chanot introduced his model after he moved to Paris in 1818. The unusual design was the result of Chanot's experimentation with violin acoustics.
Technical description: Cornerless model with guitar- or figure-8-shaped body, spruce top irregular and highly flamed maple ribs, neck and two-piece back, curved slot soundholes, no purfling, ebony pegs with pearl dots, other fittings also ebony, tailpiece with two unmatched fine tuners, normal scroll has been recheeked at A and D pegs and rebushed at E and G pegs; red-brown varnish.
