Chanot Family Violin Making tools
INTRODUCTION
The Chanot family violin making tools were acquired by the Bate Collection in December 2015. The collection consists of near 800 tools, templates and patterns used by various members of the Chanot family dating back to the 18th century. The classification and cataloguing of the items is ongoing. The collection currently resides in the workshop of the Bate and is not yet on display to the public.
See below for an article about the Chanot Collection from the time of the Bate acquisition in 2015:
For more information on the history of the Chanot Family, please explore these links:
Chanot | Grove Music (oxfordmusiconline.com)
The Violin Shop: Chanot-Chardon: The Violin-Making Soap Opera Family (feinviolins.com)
Top down: Spring Clamp; Flat File; Lining Clamp; Block Plane
Unfinished Back of a Viola Belly Plate
Various Bridges including a yet-to-be-cut piece
An early stage and a finished neck and scroll piece with zinc template
2 Violin, Half Body Templates with markings
Close up of 10440 Markings
Close up of 10444 Markings
Plaster of Paris Plaque of the Head of Georges Chanot, dated 1852
Pottery Plaque of Hungarian composer and pedagogue, Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
