German violin from Markneukirchen,circa 1930 - E.R.S. Guarneri del Gesù

Based on the violin model by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, famous for its strong sound, this beautiful and extremely cleanly crafted German violin was made by Ernst Reinhold Schmidt in Markneukirchen. Its characteristic warm-toned transparent red-brown varnish over a golden-yellow ground identifies it as an instrument from the Saxon violin making town of Markneukirchen, where it was made around 1930, perhaps a bit earlier. The high general quality, the carefully carved scroll and the well pierced soundholes indicate the craftsman's experience. The regular medium grained spruce top and two-piece deeply flamed maple back are decorated with finely crafted purfling. The superior quality of this German E.R.S. Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu violin shows that this violin is the work of an experienced master luthier, as is not least befitting the strong sound of the violin, which has been made ready to play in our luthier's workshop, and which unfolds clearly and with a matured character. Received crackfree and undamaged and with an optional certificate of appraisal and Corilon's trade-in guarantee.