germain Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 Never heard of such maker. No mention of Chalo in the Henle dictionary either. Looks like "intensely" varnished Romanian violin to me. $17K!!! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Fine-Violin-labeled-Franciscus-Chalo-alumnus-Joannes-Franciscus-Pressenda/223978373880?hash=item342626c2f8:g:7SYAAOSwK2VfMYGv Quote Link to post Share on other sites
germain Posted September 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 Not much info here either: https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/browse-the-archive/makers/maker/?Maker_ID=15407 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Strad O Various Jr. Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 The seller is in Romania, look at his other items. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Three13 Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 I have seen Calot spelled Chalo somewhere, but I think the Calot associated with Pressenda was Joseph Calot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin swan Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 As i recall Chaló was a Spaniard who apprenticed with Pressenda whereas Joseph Calot was a pupil of Nicolas Lupot who spent some time working for/with Pressenda in the late 1820s. The violin on Ebay appears to be a new violin with some dirty antiqueing of the sort that can be bought for €500 in Budapest ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sospiri Posted September 26, 2020 Report Share Posted September 26, 2020 9 hours ago, martin swan said: As i recall Chaló was a Spaniard who apprenticed with Pressenda whereas Joseph Calot was a pupil of Nicolas Lupot who spent some time working for/with Pressenda in the late 1820s. The violin on Ebay appears to be a new violin with some dirty antiqueing of the sort that can be bought for €500 in Budapest ... Dirty antiqueing... dark stain applied with a sponge in 5 minutes. Any soft focus photos I see by companies immediately signal false advertising, even if the price is considerably lower than this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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