Looking for some guidance here, label says Paul Bailly but it looks German..
Sorry the photos are not more clear! Taken from a listing.
Thanks in advance.
Hi everyone,
5 years ago I started a topic on this website to find the origin of my violin. I got only one suggestion to take it to a violin builder, but up to date still no clear answer about the origin of my violin.
I found out it is a Maggini model.
A little bit of history: This violin belonged to my great grandfather. He worked and lived close to the French border in Belgium, and traveled a lot in Europe. I got his violin from my grandmother (his daughter) when I started playing the violin myself 25 years ago. However, it was too big at that time (I was still a child
I found these YouTube recordings by Cristian Fatu testing out some violins the other day (both modern violins and old). For those interested in tonal qualities between different makers this is a reasonably fair comparison...or as much as it can be given the circumstances.
http://www.youtube.com/user/1900Studio/videos