Bairhoff

Description: Giorgio Bairhoff fecit Napoli 1780

  • Flamed two-piece maple back, fine to medium wavy-grained spruce top
  • Inlaid purfling, nicely done beestings
  • Grafted neck, peg bushings, new bassbar
  • Repaired in 1862 by Simouthe Freres, Mulhouse
  • Gold-inlaided ebony fittings
  • Ebony chinrest (not shown)
  • Dominant strings
  • Delicious sound

Year: 1780 in Italy

Cost: $7500

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