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More detailed information about stringed instruments and the history of violin making.

Contemporary violin makers and master violin makers

The second phase: the more recent history of violin making in western Bohemia

The bow makers of Markneukirchen: Knopf, Pfretzschner, Rau

Patrick Robin – a master of teaching and the craft

Markneukirchen: violin making in “German Cremona”

Mittenwald - violin making “in the midst of the forest”

Joseph Hel: a master in the Vuillaume tradition

Antique 3/4 violin, Klingenthal 19th century

This recommendable antique 3/4 violin is a rare 19th century instrument of its 3/4 size which has been completely designed after the unmistakeable Hopf violin pattern, featuring a warm, mature sound full of character. With its typical „square shoulders“, flat arching and tonewoods varnished in characteristical colors this violin doesn´t need any further evidence of provenance from the Hopf workshops in Klingenthal, the origin of violin making in the Vogtland region. The instrument was built about the end of the 19th century, truly following the patterns of local tradition. With some minor repairs, the 3/4 violin is in remarkably good condition, completely worked over and refined by our luthier, ready to play and inspiring with its nuanced, but strong, clear and precise sound.

Order a certificate of appraisal with this violin.