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How about Mittenwald? A well known voilin making place you have not mentioned it. I do not know enough geography to say
anything.
When I buy a violin I play it for few hours before I decide. Check out if the material used are good quality and if age is pretty old or old enough.
If the price meets my pocketbook.etc. Generally it is true, the more you pay the better you get. Then what is new? Here is, buy a violin slightly higher
than you can afford. So, you do not have to upgrade it too often. In a long run you are better off.
Or, you buy a broken violin and ask someone fix it for you. The risk is there, it may not turn out the way you expected in the sound department.
No risk no gain. A broken violin has a lot of noise when it is played. If you are lucky, after fixing the cracks, the noise may go away. Sometime it may not.
I have had both kinds experiences. You learn it from your repair work. It makes you think .