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Presumably German around late 1800s. Finely carved scroll in shape of a lion's head and accurately inlaid purfling. This beautiful violin shows no open cracks or open seams, but surely some marks due to its age in it´s old dark amber varnish. The table is medium fine grained spruce and the 2-piece back - as well as ribs and neck - is maple. The back is nicely decorated with double purfling which turns out into ornaments. The violin has been fully restored by our luthier and checked by our violin player on playability. It received new ebony pegs, ebony tailpiece, new ebony chinrest, a new bridge and new Dominant strings.

Beautiful old instrument in immediate playing condition!  Please listen to the sound ! Measures aprox.: total 60 cm / 24.5', body 36,2 cm / 14.8', vibrating chord length 33 cm / 13', weight 496 gr / ~17.5 oz. For further questions please feel free to ask

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$ 1652 USD

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Presumably German around 1930s - labeled Jacobus Stainer. Finely carved scroll in shape of a lion's head and accurately inlaid purfling. This beautiful violin shows a tiny firmly glued crack on the lower right corner, but no open cracks or open seams, and only some minor marks due to its age in it´s old light amber varnish. The table is medium fine grained spruce and the 1-piece back - as well as ribs and neck - is nicely flamed maple. The violin has been checked by our luthier and by our violin player on playability. It received ebony pegs, new ebony tailpiece, an old ebony chinrest, a new bridge and new strings.

These are new silver wound steel core strings, which have a good projection and allow quick finger action. We use these strings on mostly all of our violins, to allow a comparison of the tonality of each instrument in the videos. We would recommend higher quality strings like Pirastro Eudoxa or Gold, Warchal Brillant, Larsen etc. to enhance the full character of this violin!

Beautiful old instrument in immediate playing condition!  Please listen to the sound ! Measures aprox.: total 59 cm / 23.2', body 35,5 cm / 14', vibrating chord length 32,5 cm / 12.8', weight 447 gr / ~15.8 oz. For further questions please feel free to ask.

SOLD !

Please listen to the video/soundfile & click on the image to see all detailed XXL photos below as part of the description!

Presumably German around 1930s. Finely carved scroll in shape of a lion's head and accurately inlaid purfling. This beautiful violin shows no open cracks or open seams, but surely some marks due to its age in it´s old amber varnish. The table is medium fine grained spruce and the 2-piece back - as well as ribs and neck - is maple. The edges of the front are nicely decorated with wooden inlays. The violin has been checked by our luthier and by our violin player on playability. It received ebony pegs, new ebony tailpiece, an old ebony chinrest, a new bridge and new strings.

These are new silver wound steel core strings, which have a good projection and allow quick finger action. We use these strings on mostly all of our violins, to allow a comparison of the tonality of each instrument in the videos. Still we would recommend higher quality strings to improve the sonor character of this violin!

Beautiful old instrument in immediate playing condition!  Please listen to the sound ! Measures aprox.: total 59 cm / 23.2', body 35,5 cm / 14', vibrating chord length 32,5 cm / 12.8', weight 467 gr / ~16.5 oz. For further questions please feel free to ask

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Presumably German around 1930s/40s - stamped "Stainer" on the upper back. Finely carved scroll in shape of a lion's head and accurately inlaid purfling. This beautiful violin shows no open cracks or open seams, but surely some marks due to its age in it´s old amber varnish. The table is medium fine grained spruce and the 1-piece back - as well as ribs and neck - is maple. The edges are nicely decorated with wooden inlays. The violin has been checked by our luthier and by our violin player on playability. It received ebony pegs, new ebony tailpiece, new ebony chinrest, a new bridge and new strings.

These are new silver wound steel core strings, which have a good projection and allow quick finger action. We use these strings on mostly all of our violins, to allow a comparison of the tonality of each instrument in the videos. We would recommend higher quality strings like Pirastro Eudoxa or Gold, Warchal Brillant, Larsen etc. to enhance the full character of this violin!

Beautiful old instrument in immediate playing condition!  Please listen to the sound ! Measures aprox.: total 59,5 cm / 23.4', body 36,1 cm / 14.2', vibrating chord length 33 cm / 13', weight 491 gr / ~17.3 oz. For further questions please feel free to ask

Nº 171

Interesting old lionhead violin labeled Silvestre et Maucotel 1922.

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Finely carved scroll in shape of a lion's head and accurately inlaid purfling. This beautiful violin shows no open cracks or open seams, and only some minor marks due to its age in it´s old amber varnish. The table is medium to fine grained spruce and the 2-piece back - as well as ribs and neck - is nicely flamed maple. The edges are nicely decorated with wooden inlays. The violin has been checked by our luthier and by our violin player on playability. It received ebony pegs, ebony tailpiece, new ebony chinrest, a new bridge and new strings.
These are new silver wound steel core strings, which have a good projection and allow quick finger action. We use these strings on mostly all of our violins, to allow a comparison of the tonality of each instrument in the videos. We would recommend higher quality strings, just to increase the tonal powerr of this violin!

Beautiful old instrument in immediate playing condition!  Please listen to the sound ! Measures aprox.: total 59,5 cm / 23.4', body 36 cm / 14.2', vibrating chord length 33 cm / 13', weight 478 gr / ~16.9 oz. For further questions please feel free to ask.