Jacqueline Vanasse, a violinist, teacher and regular contributor to The Strad, boarded the train from Nice to Menton at 5pm on 1 March
Violinist, teacher and Strad contributor Jacqueline Vanasse has put out an appeal for information after her beloved violin and bow were stolen from a train in France last Saturday.
‘My Charles Jacquot violin (1840–45) and my Victor Fétique bow (1925), in a black carbon BAM case, were stolen from the train between Nice and Menton in France on Saturday 1 March 2025 at around 17.30,’ she told The Strad.
Vanasse was on TER train number 881239, which departed Nice-Ville at 17.01. When she alighted at Menton at 17.36, she discovered that her instrument and bow were missing.
Anyone with information should contact the police at Menton on +33 4 93 28 66 00 or email Jacqueline Vanasse at vanassej@gmail.com.
Description of the instrument:
The violin bears its original label: ‘Charles Jacquot luthier, 19 rue de la Poissonnerie Nancy’ as well as several original ‘Jacquot Nancy’ iron marks (4 on the back, 2 on the top, and 1 on each cleat).
Back: one piece, medium and marked waves, horizontal
Top: in two parts, spruce with fairly regular medium pores
Sides: maple of the same nature as the back
Head: maple of the same nature as the back
Varnish: orange-brown on amber background. Gradient in the central part and on the bottom.
Dimensions
Bottom length: 358mm
Top width: 169mm
Width in CC: 116mm
Width at bottom: 209mm
BOW VICTOR FETIQUE
Signed ‘Vtor FETIQUE A PARIS’ on the stick, above the frog.
Ring
Octagonal, very fine red-brown pernambuco wood, 73 cm long.
Frog
Ebony, silver mounted, with mother-of-pearl circles and grains, right-angled loop, round heel secured with 2 pins and slide secured with 2 pins.
Button
Solid silver, double groove, 1 pin.
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