Since 1970, James Chauvelin has occupied a violin-making workshop at 14, rue Charles V in the XNUMXth arrondissement.
A fine connoisseur of this area, James has made a specialty of repairing, restoring and maintaining the quartet's instruments, namely the violin, cello and viola but also the double bass.
This luthier with an international clientele of professional and amateur instrumentalists tells us about his Marais, the one on the rue Saint-Paul side that he has frequented since 1967.
It evokes a time when this neighborhood was very popular, a blessed period during which bourgeois, night owls, cafe owners and artisans lived harmoniously, where blacksmiths, cabinetmakers, furriers... worked in workshops sometimes installed on the floors of small buildings.
