JD R Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 I need help reading the last name on this 1851 French violin made and registered in NY Rye. Karl ?a??er i e News????????? % or of H???????? Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 It would seem to be writen in the Fraktura alphabet, which you can try and work out with a wikipedia Alphabet. I don’t see anything French about the fiddle https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraktur_(Schrift) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Butcher Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Can't see any French style either. What do you mean by registered in NY? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeH Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Dampits are very good at ruining labels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guido Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 The label appears to be a repair label, not a maker label. Starts with Rep. v. (Repariert von - repaired by) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addie Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 The only thing that makes the writing German(ic) in my opinion is the capitalization in the gothic script. That’s clearly fractur. Gothic was popular in London and New York. Different capitals. The rest is ordinary business hand of the era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwillis Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Rep by Karl Laurer ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violadamore Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 11 hours ago, JD R said: I need help reading the last name on this 1851 French violin made and registered in NY Rye. Karl ?a??er i e News????????? % or of H???????? Anyone? For those of us less interested in the repair label, would you please photograph the corners in isometric perspective views, all 4 sides of the scroll/pegbox, and the endpeg area face on, in good light? Thank you. BTW, to me, at least, from what I can see so far, the violin looks about as French as Dresden porcelain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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