Rare old violin

Description:

  • Possible old British violin
  • This is an unusual instrument
  • The neck and endblock are one-piece
  • Note the narrow and deep pegbox
  • The top is a two-piece, wide grained spruce
  • The back is two-piece, somewhat flamed maple
  • It has no purfling and the channel is quite deep
  • The f-holes do not have nicks to indicate the string length
  • One piece lower rib
  • Pro Arte strings
  • Rosewood-overlaid, quite flat fingerboard boxwood pegs, tailpiece and chinrest
  • Imitation bone endbutton
  • Great sound

Cost: $1100

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