Schwartzinc Posted September 25, 2021 Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 Saw this violin come up at auction...any thoughts on it?? 1019213700_archive(27).zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane88 Posted September 25, 2021 Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 Does it have a Schweitzer label, oh say, 1812 or 1814? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwartzinc Posted September 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 Duane I don't believe so; any thoughts on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringcheese Posted September 25, 2021 Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 Generic German trade fiddle. late 19th or early 20th century. The pegbox graft may have been done the day it was made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelbow Posted September 25, 2021 Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 20 minutes ago, stringcheese said: Generic German trade fiddle. late 19th or early 20th century. The pegbox graft may have been done the day it was made. It's not an actual graft, it's just a scribed line imitating a graft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringcheese Posted September 25, 2021 Report Share Posted September 25, 2021 Yep, fake graft. Thanks Shelbow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganthercage Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 (edited) You can renew it just put some new strings on it 192.168.100.1 192.168.1.1 Edited September 28, 2021 by ganthercage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slight Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 1 hour ago, ganthercage said: You can renew it just put some new strings on it A bridge will help too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffanyAdam Posted Thursday at 12:09 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 12:09 PM (edited) fake graft. 192.168.100.1 192.168.1 Edited Friday at 05:22 PM by TiffanyAdam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andersen Posted Thursday at 07:12 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 07:12 PM sorry for the ignorance: can you show me the difference between a real and a fake peg box ? many thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Butcher Posted Thursday at 07:24 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 07:24 PM 7 minutes ago, Andersen said: sorry for the ignorance: can you show me the difference between a real and a fake peg box ? many thanks ! The pegbox is real, it is the neck graft which is simulated. A neck graft involves the old scroll, being grafted onto a brand-new neck. The flame of the neck, and grain lines will always be different to each other, and the joint between the two parts is usually noticeable. On very cheap violins like this, which have antiqued finish, they often added features of age, simply by scratching lines into the wood, and rubbing dirt into the scratched lines. This then gives an appearance of a neck graft, but only until you look closely (or not even that closely in this case). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andersen Posted Friday at 06:49 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 06:49 AM that means that on cheaper violins the pegbox and neck are made of a unique piece of wood, correct ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Butcher Posted Friday at 07:10 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 07:10 AM No, almost all violins were made with the neck and pegbox from the same continuous piece of wood. A neck graft was done in the past, as a method to lengthen the neck, when baroque period instruments were modernised. It is also done as a repair, if for example, a neck was snapped in an accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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