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Does it have the groove behind the fingerboard? It can be seen from the top. Some are very thin towards the bottom.

I recently spoke to someone from Birmingham UK who said the last violin shop in the city was about close. Birmingham is home to the CBSO, one of the best UK orchestras.

Have you considered it as firewood?

Thanks for this paper. We are doing experimets to see what is happening in traditional varnish experiments.

Could you show more pictures?

Many Degani violins have very thin fingerboards. This has nothing to do with the sound, they can have/cause wolf notes though.

Same lovely dialect?

Was the left side of the scroll made by a different maker than the right side?

The bottom of the scroll has nothing French. Maybe it shows the laziness of its maker.

Thanks for this nice post. How do these old violins with lengthy bodies sound? Are these attractive Baroque instruments? I know this is hard to answer in an aobjective manner.

They used to spell it Mittenvvald, but never with a capital second T.

Has anyone in the UK or US ever had a 'proper' apprenticeship with papers as in Germany and Austria?

Help me, as a Wessie I struggle with Saxon vs Mittenwald. Where does Markneukirchen, Klingenthal and Vogtland fit in? All Ossie or what?

I am neither a maker nor a dealer. If I wanted to buy a new violin in Cremona, I would go to all makers there and spend an extra day or two. For new violins all that counts is the sound, unless you are looking for something particular.

I would say it is French, but Jacob Saunders has seen more than I have. This is a nice violin that cannot be assigned to a particular maker. For the value it doesn't make a difference whether it is German or French. If it is in good playing condition the sound determines essentially what it is worth.