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More detailed information about stringed instruments and the history of violin making.
W.E. Hill & Sons: on the Mt. Parnassus of the art of violin making
Eugène Nicolas Sartory: the modern classic of bow making
Pierre Hel: notes on his life and work
Roland Baumgartner, Basel: an expert dedicated to antique violins
The second phase: the more recent history of violin making in western Bohemia
Markneukirchen: violin making in “German Cremona”
Violin makers and masters: archive "G-I"
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 checked, worked over and restored by the competent 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
Leon Bernardel, fine French master violin 1925
Provenance: Mirecourt
Maker: Leon Bernardel
Length of back: 35.7 cm
Year: 1925
Price: 4500.0 €
Bohemian student violin, c.1960/1970
Provenance: Czech Republic
Maker: Unknown
Length of back: 35.7 cm
Year: approx. 1960/1970
Price: 790.0 €
SALE: Old Mittenwald violin, J. A. Baader, c.1900
Provenance: Mittenwald
Maker: J. A. Baader
Length of back: 36.2 cm
Year: approx. 1900
Price: 2300.0 €
SALE: Modern Italian violin, Piero Virdis, Pattada 2002 (certificate Piero Virdis)
Provenance: Pattada
Maker: Piero Virdis
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Year: 2002
Price: 4500.0 €
SALE: Fine 18th century violin, Franz Knitl, Freising, 1769
Provenance: Mittenwald
Maker: Franz Knitl
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Year: 1769
Price: 7500.0 €
Old German violin, circa 1910, with a warm, mellow sound
Provenance: Markneukirchen
Maker: Unknown
Length of back: 35.7 cm
Year: approx. 1910
Price: 950.0 €
Violas
Fine quality viola by Ernst Heinrich Roth, 1958
Provenance: Erlangen
Maker: Ernst Heinrich Roth
Length of back: 42.1 cm
Year: 1958
Price: 4500.0 €
SALE: English viola by Alan McDougall
Provenance: Middleham,Leyburn
Maker: Alan McDougall
Length of back: 41.5 cm
Year: 1986
Price: 1000.0 €
Marc Laberte, French viola bow, silver mounted, c.1950
Provenance: Mirecourt
Maker: Marc Laberte
Length of back: 71.4 g
Year: approx. 1950
Price: 2500.0 €
Cellos
SALE: Good English Cello, made around 1950
Provenance: England
Maker: Unknown
Length of back: 75.1 cm
Year: mid 20th century
Price: 5000.0 €
SALE: 3/4 Cello by Wilfried Leonhardt, Mittenwald
Provenance: Mittenwald
Maker: Wilfried Leonhardt
Length of back: 68.8 cm
Year: approx. 1970
Price: 4500.0 €
Fine Viennese cello, approx. 1800 - 1820
Provenance: Vienna
Maker: Unknown
Length of back: 74.0 cm
Year: 1800 - 1820
Price: 18500.0 €
Children's violins
3/4 - warm and resonant sounding French 3/4 violin
Provenance: France
Maker: prob. Laberte
Length of back: 33.8 cm
Year: approx. 1920
Price: 950.0 €
1/2 - Mittenwald violin, Sebastian Hornsteiner, 1970
Provenance: Mittenwald
Maker: Sebastian Hornsteiner
Length of back: 31.0 cm
Year: 1970
Price: 1800.0 €
3/4 - small antique 3/4 sized Mittenwald violin, Eugen Gärtner stock
Provenance: Mittenwald
Maker: ref. Lager Eugen Gärtner
Length of back: 32.6 cm
Year: 1910 / 1920
Price: 1300.0 €
Violin bows
Powerful German violin bow, Richard Geipel
Provenance: Markneukirchen/Schönlind
Maker: Richard Geipel
Weight: 60.9 g
Year: approx. 1990
Price: 950.0 €
H.R. Pfretzschner violin bow: tense, active, strong
Provenance: Markneukirchen
Maker: H.R. Pfretzschner
Weight: 61.3 g
Year: 1940 circa
Price: 2300.0 €
Richard Grünke, fine modern violin bow
Provenance: Bubenreuth
Maker: Richard Grünke
Weight: 62.1 g
Year: 1980 circa
Price: 1900.0 €
Cello bows
Cello bow by Franz Chalupetzky, c.1940
Provenance: Dinkelsbühl
Maker: F. Chalupetzky
Weight: 82.9 g
Year: approx. 1940
Price: 990.0 €
Markneukirchen cello bow, 1960's
Provenance: Markneukirchen
Maker: Unknown
Weight: 80.4 g
Year: approx. 1960
Price: 650.0 €
Fine French cello bow, Louis Gillet (certificate J.F. Raffin)
Provenance: Paris
Maker: Henry Louis Gillet
Weight: 84.7 g
Year: approx. 1950
Price: 10000.0 €
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