GeorgeH

Well,no. If Leonardo had used that formula, Ms Mona might look like this today.

Good that somebody bought it with that typical defective varnish.

"When violinist Lara St. John goes public about her own assault as a child at an elite music school, she uncovers a global pattern of abuse in the classical music world and joins fellow survivors to confront an entrenched culture of silence."

It is clearly German.

Germany, c. 1945. Schultz was a Sargent in Stalig 13 during WWII. He knew nothing.

The set up can dramatically change the power of the G-string. I wouldn’t recommend giving-up on a well-made violin until you have had the set-up optimized. Sometimes just sliding the bridge a tiny bit east can change the power of the G-string.

How is the set-up?

I’d suggest that you convert your pictures to jpgs and post them to MN in the proper way. Nobody has time to download 11 large .HEIC files.

I guess the water-soluble varnish is “special.” And I have never seen bridge tracks in a top as long as those!

Those cleats look to me like they were added later.

That label is clearly doctored and fake.

No, not at all. Anton Galla was a good maker. Here is an authentic Galla c. 1949 to violin to compare. The violin in your pictures is sloppily made from cheap materials.

Probably nothing. The investors hopefully realized what a colossal waste of money it was and shut it down.

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A dealer friend of mine said that classical players don’t generally buy Maggini models because they tend to be conservative in their violin selections and don’t want violins outside the classic Strad and Guarneri designs but fiddle players will buy them but can’t afford pay high prices for them.