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The latest instruments and bows we have added to our catalog
On this page we present the latest violins, violas, cellos, children's violins, cello bows and violin bows we have added to our catalog — antique treasures that emanate from our workshop daily. Each stringed instrument and bow is ready to play and in prime condition after being professionally worked over and restored by the luthiers in our violin making atelier. Our RSS-Feed offers you an additional means of keeping current with our fresh discoveries.
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Violins

WORKED OVER; NEW SOUND SAMPLE: Fine contemporary master violin, Wolfgang Schiele, Munich
Provenance: Munich
Maker: Wolfgang Schiele
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Year: 1999
Price: 10000.0 €

WORKED OVER; NEW SOUND SAMPLE: French master violin No. 34 by Paul Hilaire, 1950
Provenance: Mirecourt
Maker: Unknown
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Year: 1950
Price: 4000.0 €

French "Rugginelli" violin, sold by Beare & Son, 1902
Provenance: Mirecourt
Maker: for Beare & Son
Length of back: 35.1 cm
Year: 1902
Price: 3500.0 €

Historic French violin, Remy, Paris approx. 1840
Provenance: Paris
Maker: Remy family
Length of back: 36.4 cm
Year: approx. 1840
Price: 5500.0 €

Contemporary Italian violin, Gianni Norcia, Bologna
Provenance: Bologna
Maker: Gianni Norcia
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Year: 2003
Price: 8500.0 €

Giulio Cesare Gigli, fine 18th century Italian violin, approx. 1760 (certificate Etienne Vatelot)
Provenance: Rome
Maker: Giulio Cesare Gigli
Length of back: 35.6 cm
Year: approx. 1760
Price: 60000.0 €
Violas

WORKED OVER; SOUND SAMPLE: 18th century Markneukirchen viola, c.1780
Provenance: Markneukirchen
Maker: Unknown
Length of back: 39.2 cm
Year: approx. 1780
Price: 8500.0 €

Modern Italian viola, Stefano Conia, Cremona 1985 (certificate Stefano Conia)
Provenance: Cremona
Maker: Stefano Conia
Length of back: 41.2 cm
Year: 1985
Price: 15000.0 €

TONALLY IMPROVED: Good Schönbach viola, Ferdinand Fischer, 1935
Provenance: Schönbach
Maker: Ferdinand Fischer
Length of back: 39.2 cm
Year: 1935
Price: 3000.0 €
Cellos

Very beautiful Viennese cello, approx. 1800 - 1820
Provenance: Vienna
Maker: Unknown
Length of back: 74.0 cm
Year: 1800 - 1820
Price: 18500.0 €

Good English Cello, made around 1950
Provenance: England
Maker: Unknown
Length of back: 75.1 cm
Year: mid 20th century
Price: 5500.0 €

Mittenwald cello from the Eugen Gärtner collection
Provenance: Mittenwald / Stuttgart
Maker: Eugen Gärtner
Length of back: 75.5 cm
Year: approx. 1900
Price: 8500.0 €
Children's violins

3/4 - Fine French 3/4 violin, approx. 1910
Provenance: Mirecourt
Maker: probably Mangenot
Length of back: 33.7 cm
Year: approx. 1910
Price: 2500.0 €

1/2 - antique 19th century French 1/2 violin, c.1870
Provenance: Mirecourt
Maker: Unknown
Length of back: 31.1 cm
Year: 1870 circa
Price: 1600.0 €

3/4 - old Mittenwald 3/4 violin: mature, clear sound
Provenance: Mittenwald
Maker: Unknown
Length of back: 33.8 cm
Year: approx. 1900
Price: 1350.0 €
Violin bows

Fine French violin bow, for Paul Serdet
Provenance: France
Maker: Unknown
Weight: 60.2 g
Year: 1900/1920
Price: 2600.0 €

French master violin bow, c.1880, Charles Nicolas Bazin (certificate J.-F. Raffin)
Provenance: Mirecourt
Maker: Charles Nicolas Bazin
Weight: 58.9 g
Year: 1880 circa
Price: 2500.0 €

Fine German master violin bow by Franz Winkler, silver
Provenance: Markneukirchen
Maker: Franz Winkler
Weight: 60.1 g
Year: 1940 circa
Price: 1600.0 €
Cello bows

Silver mounted Cello bow, Swiss Finkel workshop
Provenance: Brienz
Maker: Finkel workshop
Weight: 81,1 g
Year: approx. 2000
Price: 850.0 €

French Ary cello bow, Mirecourt approx. 1980
Provenance: Mirecourt
Maker: Ary France
Weight: 78.6 g
Year: approx. 1980
Price: 550.0 €

French cello bow, Ary France - superior quality
Provenance: Carmaux
Maker: Ary France
Weight: 77.6 g
Year: approx. 1990
Price: 790.0 €