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

Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume: notes on his life and work

The violin: How to select a violin, provenance, value and appraisal

The fathers Bazin: the great name of Mirecourt bow making

Jan Špidlen: Art, innovation – and sport

Joseph Alfred Lamy père: a key figure in modern bow making

Contemporary violin makers from China and Taiwan

Bernard Millant and Le Canu-Millant, Paris: lutherie and expertise

3/4 - Antique Klingenthal 3/4 violin,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.

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