Fake Conrad Götz Violin?

[arielle123]

Hey. Just wondering if Conrad Gotz has any violin with just a sticker inside? So weird because I havent seen any like that except this one that I own.

 

 

Edited February 17, 2021 by arielle123

[Brad Dorsey]

Conrad Gotz was/is a wholesaler and distributor, not a violin maker.  I doubt that anyone would fake a Conrad Gotz violin.

[Guido]

They have been around for a long time and labelled violins in a million different ways.

They are, btw, still around and if you ask nicely they might be able to tell you something about your particular violin.

Else, as Brad said, they are nothing special, also they traded a variety of grades.

[germain]

They make good chinrests... not so sure about their violins

[Violadamore]

http://conrad-goetz.de/en/index

In shops, they are not particularly cheap, especially some of the older ones.  Asking them about the model you have would be a good idea, like Guido said. 

[jacobsaunders]

It looks a bit like the label from a cake of rosin has been stuck in your fiddle, so you might not even have a “Götz”

[Wood Butcher]

It’s Gotz to be.

[Blank face]

1 hour ago, jacobsaunders said:

It looks a bit like the label from a cake of rosin has been stuck in your fiddle, so you might not even have a “Götz”

So it might be a "Götz von Berlichingen".

https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/11696/what-well-known-phrase-from-götz-von-berlichingen-is-alluded-to-in-all-quiet-i

[Violadamore]

6 hours ago, jacobsaunders said:

It looks a bit like the label from a cake of rosin has been stuck in your fiddle, so you might not even have a “Götz”

Something like that had crossed my mind too, but not having used Götz rosin, I wasn't sure what the sticker went to.   As darned near always, we need more photographs to tell  @arielle123  anything useful.   

 

                                     

[glebert]

19 minutes ago, Violadamore said:

Something like that had crossed my mind too, but not having used Götz rosin, I wasn't sure what the sticker went to.   As darned near always, we need more photographs to tell  @arielle123  anything useful.   

This could be one of those impossibly rare moments when the instrument could be better than the label might lead you to believe?

[PhilipKT]

I’ve seen one Conrad Gotz violin. It wasn’t mine, but it was an attractive and nicely made violin, and I think it sold 20 years or so ago for between $2500-3000. I remember it had fairly high arches, and it did take a while to sell, But if the OP violin is similar, it’s possibly not a bad widget.

[arielle123]

Here are the photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 17, 2021 by arielle123

[Brad Dorsey]

New Romanian?

[Wood Butcher]

Certainly looks quite new, but does not seem to match anything in the current Gotz violin line up.
How long have you owned it Arielle?

[Jwillis]

Here is one I had briefly.  Dated 1962...

[ShadowStrad]

On 1/22/2021 at 9:08 PM, arielle123 said:

Here are the photos..

Very cheaply made violin.