Description: Italian violin from Milan?

• Repaired in 1926 by B. F. Phillips, 931 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
• Past work includes a grafted neck, peg bushings, back seam re-inforcing and a sound post patch
• Re-varnishing might have been done
• The top is medium-grained spruce, the back is two-piece flamed maple
• The fingerboard is ebony and the fittings are boxwood
• Dominant strings
• Rich, full sound with an especially nice "G" string

Year: early/mid 1800's

Cost: $1500