4/4 French Violin By Honore Derazey, Certified by WE Hill and Sons

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Product reference : 1003393

By Honoré Derazey (1794 – 1883)

A prolific and highly skilled violin maker with a steady hand, many of Derazey’s instruments were modelled after those of Stradivari and, on rare occasions, Amati. He was one of the famous violin maker Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume’s greatest employees, being the only one to produce complete violins for him. After 1839 he then established his own business and was quickly successful; he won medals in Paris in 1839, 1849 and 1855, as well as an award in London in 1851.