{"product_id":"charles-jean-baptiste-collin-mezin-violin-france-1911","title":"Charles Jean-Baptiste Collin-Mezin violin, France, 1911","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eCharles Jean-Baptiste Collin-Mezin learnt violin making in Brussels from Nicolas-Francois Vuillaume, brother of the famous Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume before establishing his own workshop and violin repair business in rue de Faubourg Poissonière, Paris. A number of prizes in the late nineteenth century by a select group of highly\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eskilled workmen in Mirecourt. Like many of his Guarneri model instruments, this violin has a big, bold, almost explosive character, full of richness, colour and resonance even under considerable bow pressure, while speaking easily at any volume. Not a violin for the faint-hearted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Stringed Instrument Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48370295963889,"sku":"S784","price":27000.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/9589\/7585\/files\/1D9A6856.jpg?v=1783211393","url":"https:\/\/www.stringedinstrument.co.nz\/products\/charles-jean-baptiste-collin-mezin-violin-france-1911","provider":"The Stringed Instrument Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}