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I just finished cleaning a very dirty attic-find 1/2 size violin purchased in the early 1900s. Based on my readings here and elsewhere, it is professionally made and finished of beautiful tight-grain spruce and curly maple. There is no label inside or any marks on the outside to indicate date or place or maker. The violin was found without fingerboard or fittings. However, on the the fingerboard surface of the neck I discovered the numbers “1911” carved into the wood with a knife, a sharp round leather punch cut the circle of the digit 9. There were some other cryptic knife-cut symbols on the same surface. The marks were obscured by glue residue and dirt but were prominent after cleaning with enzymatic cleaner (saliva), warm water, and alcohol. Lesson Learned: Identifying marks may be hiding Underneath easily or routinely removed parts of an obscure instrument (or any other manufactured artifact). I’ll post photos next week. I hope someone finds this useful. Sincerely, Randy O’Malley
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Hi, I was just given an older Amati copy violin. It in very poor condition, I'm going to restore it. The top will be off, I'll post the label when the top is off if I can figure out how to do pictures off my phone. Looks like two signatures on the inside, varying Amati signatures. I've been told this happened regularly when they were brought through Ellis Island? My main question, there is a signature in ink on the G side of the violin between the bouts. It looks like Corcos?" I have a picture, but haven't been able to figure out how to post it yet... Does anyone have any idea what this signature might be from? The only thing that I've been able to find online is that Corcos is an area in Sicily? Thank you for any input.. Tedimay
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Is it possible that name of Stradivari was placed (handwritten), somewhere on the wood, on the top of backplate of violins?