{"id":33928,"date":"2019-01-24T17:36:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T17:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.europeanviolins.eu\/?product=charles-nicolas-bazin-cello-bow-silver-mounted"},"modified":"2026-06-17T12:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:40:33","slug":"charles-nicolas-bazin-cello-bow-silver-mounted","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/staging.europeanviolins.eu\/nl\/product\/charles-nicolas-bazin-cello-bow-silver-mounted\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Nicolas Bazin silver mounted cello bow c. 1890"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Charles Nicolas Bazin silver mounted cello bow.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A beautiful French cello bow made by Charles Nicolas Bazin\u00a0 &#8211; <strong>silver mounted<\/strong>, with certificate.<\/p>\n<p><span>Bazin produced high-quality cello bows, earning a reputation as one of France best bow makers<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The elegant and strong stick has a good strength and is round shaped, the pernambuco wood is superbe !<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The frog has beautiful original silver parts, the fine Bazin button is also silver mounted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The total length of the stick is around 70 cm (4\/4 size), and the weight of the bow is\u00a0 79 gr.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The bow is ready to play and comes with silver wiring, new hair and new leather grip &#8211; No cracks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">More <a title=\"French cello bows\" href=\"https:\/\/europeanviolins.eu\/en\/old-cello-bows\/\" target=\"_self\">French cello bows<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"modal-header\">\n<h4 class=\"modal-title directory-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Biography of Charles Bazin &#8211; John Dilworth<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"modal-body\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">BAZIN, Charles Nicolas (II) Born 1847, died 1915 Mirecourt France. Son and pupil of Fran\u00e7ois 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Charles-Nicolas Bazin I<\/strong><span>, (1831 &#8211; 1908) brother of\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"Fran\u00e7ois Xavier Bazin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fran%C3%A7ois_Xavier_Bazin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fran\u00e7ois Xavier Bazin<\/a><span>. Among his apprentices was\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"C\u00e9lestin \u00c9mile Clasquin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C%C3%A9lestin_%C3%89mile_Clasquin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C\u00e9lestin \u00c9mile Clasquin<\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading\" lang=\"en\">Bazin family<\/h1>\n<div id=\"bodyContent\" class=\"mw-body-content\">\n<div id=\"siteSub\" class=\"noprint\">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/div>\n<div id=\"contentSub\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div id=\"jump-to-nav\" class=\"mw-jump\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Atelier_Bazin.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbimage\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/b\/bf\/Atelier_Bazin.jpg\/260px-Atelier_Bazin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"179\" data-file-width=\"2539\" data-file-height=\"1744\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">\n<div class=\"magnify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><center>Atelier de Bazin<\/center><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Bazin Family<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Bazin Dynasty.<\/p>\n<p>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\u00a0<a title=\"Mirecourt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mirecourt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mirecourt<\/a>. The bow making dynasty began with\u00a0<a title=\"Fran\u00e7ois Xavier Bazin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fran%C3%A7ois_Xavier_Bazin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fran\u00e7ois Bazin<\/a>\u00a0and ended with Charles Alfred Bazin (1907 &#8211; 1987).<\/p>\n<p>With the onset of &#8220;<a title=\"Industrial Revolution\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Industrial_Revolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Industrial Revolution<\/a>&#8220;, came the idea of the giant enterprise that dominated the industry until the 1960s, such as\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Jerome Thibouville-Lamy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerome_Thibouville-Lamy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerome Thibouville-Lamy<\/a>\u00a0and 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\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Eugene Cuniot-Hury\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eugene_Cuniot-Hury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eugene Cuniot-Hury<\/a>\u00a0could prove exceptional.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Fran\u00e7ois Xavier Bazin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fran%C3%A7ois_Xavier_Bazin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fran\u00e7ois Xavier Bazin<\/a><\/strong>&#8211; (b.\u00a0<a title=\"Mirecourt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mirecourt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mirecourt<\/a>\u00a01824 &#8211; d. Mirecourt 1865) &#8211; was a\u00a0<a title=\"France\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/France\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French<\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Archetier\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archetier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archetier<\/a>\u00a0\/ master bow maker and was first of the Bazin dynasty. Notable experts suggest that he was influenced and purportedly studied with\u00a0<a title=\"Dominique Peccatte\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominique_Peccatte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dominique Peccatte<\/a>\u00a0in Paris, and possibly\u00a0<a title=\"Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-Baptiste_Vuillaume\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume<\/a>, also in Paris, before establishing himself in\u00a0<a title=\"Mirecourt\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mirecourt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mirecourt<\/a>\u00a0around 1840. He died at the age of 41, apparently of\u00a0<a title=\"Cholera\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cholera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cholera<\/a>. He was the brother of Charles-Nicolas Bazin I.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">More <a title=\"French cello bows\" href=\"https:\/\/europeanviolins.eu\/en\/old-cello-bows\/\" target=\"_self\">French cello bows<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0Pls <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">contact us<\/span> for more info.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Nicolas Bazin silver mounted cello bow circa 1890.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[343],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-33928","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-old-cello-bows","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.europeanviolins.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/33928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.europeanviolins.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.europeanviolins.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.europeanviolins.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.europeanviolins.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/33928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.europeanviolins.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.europeanviolins.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.europeanviolins.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=33928"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.europeanviolins.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=33928"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.europeanviolins.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=33928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}