Wood Butcher

Loving the optimism

Oh dear And despite all of this, the thing which annoys me most is the dreadfully applied leather thumb grip.

It would appear that you have an early 19th century German violin, made in Mittenwald.

There is a big difference to softening a sharp corner on the thumb projection, compared to hacking it away to nothing.

They may have said that, it doesn’t mean they are correct.

No.

Looks like a mass-produced, cheapish post-war nickel mounted bow, from Germany or Czechoslovakia.

Yes, it looks entirely like "a usual", so can safely dispel any notion that it was once baroque, in any form.

It's a saying. "Every cloud has a silver lining" Which means, there is still something positive, despite one thing being a disappointment.

Every cloud.... As they say.

Chat GPT has made you a viola. The double-headed pegs are a nice touch. Increased tuning efficiency from having two strings on one peg

Perhaps "repaired" by a YouTube celebrity, in their shed. Happy New Year, Jacob!

It looks like someone had a go at it, without removing the bar. Perhaps the customer didn't want to spend the money to have it done correctly. Looks like there is a lot of other damage to the belly apart from this crack.

There is a line on the back from end to end, on the right-hand side. On the left there is a similar line, only in the upper bout. Can't tell if these are some kind of reflection, or something else. The horrid retouched varnish in the centre of the back is a bit concerning too.

Perhaps they drew round a shark's tooth, to get that shape and length!