MV16/ 33 Circa 1900 French ‘Medio Fino’ 3/4 Violin.

Two piece back medium grain maple. Matching ribs and medium grain neck with faint curl.  One-piece  spruce front of grain narrowing towards the flanks. Ebony fingerboard and tailpiece. Red-brown spirit varnish.

Length of back: 3286cms. Stop length: 17.8cm String length: 29.3cms.

Louis Emile Jérôme Thibouville came from a family of long tradition (17^th century) woodwind and brass instrument makers in traditional instrument-making town of La Couture-Boussey.

In 1857, spotting an opportunity in the growing market for stringed musical instruments, he joined forces with the Mirecourt company Husson-Buthod. Four years later he married in to the Lamy family and the firm became known as Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy or J.T.L.

Their Medio-Fino range of instruments were made in the Mirecourt and the turn on the 19^th/ 20^th century and were aimed at the entry level market and were very popular.