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I do intend on taking the violin somewhere for an appraisal as Martin suggested. Can you make any recommendations in the Oxford area?
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Do you guys think that based on the information we have it’s worth perusing a professional repair. Will the value of the item once repaired justify the price of the repair?
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Depends what you measure, the entire length including the small piece that the neck mounts is 37cm without that the measurement is 35.5cm
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Thanks for all the comments so far. I’ve investigated a little more into the end blocks and from what I can see there are no signs that there may have been another block fitted previously. The stain has left an outline around the block and stains the block itself
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Total length of the back is 37cm
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Yes I think I shall. The label is a Strad label. Is it possible it may be covering the original makers label?
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Yes I have gone off the idea of attempting a repair myself, however a professional repair is an expensive prospect at this stage too. I had also presumed the instrument was English given it links to the north of England from both the repairer and also were I the instrument ended up. Does is look to be typically English or could it have been made elsewhere?
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Hi, I knew very little about these instruments until I found this violin in my dads garage he considered it to be junk and rather than throw it I offered to take it in the hope of glueing it back together, having discovered how old it could be I instead decided to find out a little more before attempting an amateur repair. I have found it very interesting reading up on the subject in the hope of aging or even identifying who the maker may have been without success. There a lots of scribbles on the inside of the instrument some left by previous repairers including one that was carried out by a John Wilkinson of Barnsley in 1893.