MV18/ 09 Circa 1900 ‘Medio Fino’ 3/4 violin. Unlabelled.

One-piece maple back. One piece front of open medium grained spruce. With ebony, pegs, fingerboard and chin rest. Red brown stain with spirit finish.

Length of back: 33cms. String length: 29.6cm. Stop length: 17.2cms.

Louis Emile Jérôme Thibouville came from a family of long tradition (17^th century) woodwind and brass instrument makers in the 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.