hungrycanine Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Someone locally is offering a violin for sale that clearly is no treasure, but I'm curious. He says inside the violin, a label says it is a Strad copy made in Korea, and the label also says "MaGa". Does this mean anything to anyone? (The Strad copy part and the Made in Korea part I get....) Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWilson Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Internet searching reveals: MaGa Co., Ltd.Importer & Exporter for Musical Instruments1471-6, Sochodong Seoul 137-868 South Korea Phone: +82 2 525 3141 Fax: +82 2 523 7321Email: maga_21@hanmail.nethttp://www.magamusic.co.kr Looking around the website (by guesswork, since I don't know Korean) I found what appear to be violins listed ranging in price from approx. USD$180 right up to $29,000 (33 million SKWon)which is a pretty wide range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGerald StephenR Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 A quick google search brought me to a Hammerl Korean distributor: MaGa Co., Ltd. I'm not familiar with the instruments but here is the website Hammerl provided: http://www.magamusic.co.kr DGSR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalterOB Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 I am familiar with them. They are pretty trashy trade fiddles with a maroonish red lacquer finish. Not as nice as similarly priced Chinese stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungrycanine Posted April 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Thanks, folks. You are better googlers than I! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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