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Yes, of course, thanks. I have just watched a video of logs being fed through a circular saw at a constant speed leaving the same regular cuts.

Yes, looks like circular saw marks. The consistent distance between each cut is interesting. Probably caused by a ratchet moving the wood along, although its puzzling how that was achieved with a circular saw. Any ideas?

Brightened it up a bit, and looks like a no to me.

Would a Bubenreuth have a location pin under the button? Also,It looks like the pegbox is blackened, is this typical of Bubenreuth? Whatever it is, its a nice violin.

Yes, my bad, sorry, yours is different.

I think US makes sense.

Apparently that's a picture of a miniture thats in a museum in Tucson Arizona. It's always possible that the mold is from the USA, but I was thinking Germany or maybe even England.

Thanks for posting these pictures! Obviously molds for building on the back construction. Could I ask what country these were found in please?

Have you examined the wood-grain both sides of the bottom rib join to determine if it was once a one piece rib that has been cut for some reason? It seems doubtful, because your violin looks to be built on the back construction, but sometimes even they once had a one piece rib, although this is rare.

Could it be as simple as a cottage working saying 'Oops! I cut that rib too short"! , and the boss replying, "don't throw it away, stick a bit of purling in the gap and we'll charge extra"!

Maybe an expert could comment on whether the purfling strip is original or not? Its possible that its part of a repair to shorten the ribs after the top shrunk, although it begs the question of why that would be necessary other than to add decoration to the repair?

Its black and shiny without any noticeable fibre or grain, so is it whalebone?

Ribs in groove in the back?

Never heard of the maker, but I can believe the OP violin has Czech provenance. I think there is Lens distortion in the provided photos. The label can be ignored. Seems quite nice for a usual. Love the wonky scroll eye.

Sorry, by "inner mold", I was thinking of early nailed on neck construction with pins, and how its possible for the ff holes to become misaligned, not modern inner mold violins which are normally very symmetrical. I could well be wrong,but when I think of the "usual",they tend to be quite symmetrical with regard to the ff holes, even though they are bob construction and have wonky ribs.