ebay violin looks interesting for $1200, xmas special

[lyndon]

IMO this instrument would have to sound pretty bad to not be worth $1200 retail, question is is it worth any more than that and worth speculating on, dont mind me im broke

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Vintage-violin-18th-century-graft-Watch-Video-sound-demo-/280793058871?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4160920e37#ht_27204wt_1016

[Ratcliffiddles]

Usual German c.1900 thing, certainly not 18th century.

Typical black, multiple plugs in back, "antiqued" varnish, often have fake cracks and normally fake graft (though this one is real, but nasty, with the head tilting much further back than it should).

Some of these sound good.

[jacobsaunders]

Just goes to prove that late 19th C. Schönbach Dutzendware occasionaly gets grafted after all, even if the seller did it himself. The joys of being skint! Happy christmas Lyndon.

[Brad Dorsey]

It looks like the kind of violin that is often seen with a Schweitzer label, except they generally have fake grafts and this one has a real graft.

[JSully]

Am I the only one that gets annoyed by seeing strings wound around the pegs so sloppily? It takes 10 seconds per string to make it nice and uniform and pretty.

[lyndon]

j sully, your comment made me look closely and the pegs are terrible, way too short and too thick so a complete rebushing is needed, i guess i was way off on this one, didnt look too closely at it and just thought, wrongly, because it was grafted it deserved some attention, thats what our experts are here for, thanks

[JSully]

Oh God, don't call me an expert. But glad I could help!

[Fellow]

Am I the only one that gets annoyed by seeing strings wound around the pegs so sloppily? It takes 10 seconds per string to make it nice and uniform and pretty.

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Why any one gets annoyed? A price that is any where within this range $780 - $1200, is reasonable for the violin. Making

it look nice is extra. I don't blame the seller.

[martin swan]

Am I the only one who gets annoyed by sellers who draw attention to neck grafts as if they were evidence of anything other than a neck graft ......?

Obviously this seller doesn't follow Maestronet, the violin is re-listed with the same grandiose and totally misleading description.