French Violin 1900 (Certified)

Description

Born in Mirecourt, Charles Resuche, was a pupil of Didion of Gand and Bernardel.
Resuche is an excellent and highly desirable maker!
With his colleague J. Diter, they founded a workshop in Lyon in 1897. Charles Resuche left his partner and moved to Bordeaux in the F. Meynien house, which he took over in his own name two years later.
In 1913 he retired from business and died the same year.
His violins are inspired by the Cremonese masters very often with a beautiful red oil varnish.
He used different labels associated with Diter and with Meynien.
Resuche was one of the best makers in France in the late 19th century and the Edwardian age, and this is a beautiful example of his fine work, both aesthetically and tonally. It reminds me of the Lady Blunt Strad!
Dimensions: 35.6 cm
Condition: Excellent
This violin has the sort of refined and crystal clear tone which you would look for in a fine Cremonese instrument, easy under the ear but with great projection. It’s responsive and articulate, and it can also take heavy bow pressure – mature and well-rounded, with no dead spots or nasty notes, generally bright but with a solid core.
As with all great violins, it has an open and neutral character with some richness in the overtones, and it would make an ideal instrument for a quartet leader or chamber music professional who needs a sound that’s at once clear and involving.
All the repair issues have been taken care. Overall, the violin is in very good condition.
If you are interested in a sound video file, then let me know.
This is a really fine violin at a very affordable price!
According to the the 2019
French Association of Violin Makers
,
the price for a Charles Resuche in this condition is between fifteen-thousand and twenty-thousand €. This being a very fine example of his work.
So my price is in line with what has been given by the
French Association of Violin Makers
.
For international buyers, my cost for new case, packing, separate insurance police, wooden crate, and shipping by courier is what I have given in the shipping quote. The insurance is three-hundred-dollars per ten-thousand-dollars insured for a separate policy. The violin will ship in a new hard shell case and the case put in a wooden crate.
Domestic buyers are welcome to try the violin on a
10 day trial
.
The violin will come with a
Florian Leonhard
certificate of authenticity. Beware a C. Resuche violin without a certificate. Typically such violins are not genuine.
Condition:
Back: Good condition.
Ribs: Insert adjacent to neck, minor cracks (bass c-bout, lower treble) repaired.
Top: Small soundpost patch (10mm diameter) put in as a prophylactic, minor cracks (lower treble bout) repaired, edge replaced (treble c-bout), corner capped (lower bass)
Head: Crack (A peg treble side), insert (inside pegbox A peg).
Varnish: Some craquelure.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments.