Starrymac Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 1743 German violin is date correct or close? I want to make a decoration of it but don’t want to mistake the date on it. thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 You have a (very) modestly priced violin from the Markneukirchen/Schönbach cottage industry from the 4th quarter of the 19th C. These apocryphal labels were printed in masses on octavo sheets, sniped out and stuck in anywhere. I wrote a post on them here https://maestronet.com/forum/index.php?/topic/330195-johann-adam-schönfelder/&do=findComment&comment=621046 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratcliffiddles Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 Not correct, I'm afraid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratcliffiddles Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 Just now, Ratcliffiddles said: Not correct, I'm afraid the op's , not Jacob's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 Just now, Ratcliffiddles said: the op's , not Jacob's had me worried there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratcliffiddles Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 1 minute ago, jacobsaunders said: had me worried there worried about me? or yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strad O Various Jr. Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 Isn't that a one piece neck top block and wouldn't that make it a bit earlier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Dorsey Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 It’s not one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddleDoug Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Strad O Various Jr. said: Isn't that a one piece neck top block and wouldn't that make it a bit earlier Doesn’t look like any through-block neck that I’ve ever seen. Looks like a conventional neck set to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starrymac Posted March 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 Thanks to everyone for helping me out. The only thing I know about violins is the Devil went down to Georgia (: I’m building a modern farmhouse and got it in my head that a beat up violin would be nice art on a brick wall. I’m sure I overpaid at $200 but I was lost in the 1743 year and how that much history made my heart feel. I now know I should have spent a minute finding a little better one but was lost in the moment. I just didn’t want to have friends ask and me be incorrect with the year. again thanks to you all. If I buy another one I’ll be back. Sherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Dorsey Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 9 hours ago, Starrymac said: ...the 1743 year... I can see the "17" on the label. Where are you getting the "43"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deans Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 11 hours ago, Starrymac said: ’m building a modern farmhouse and got it in my head that a beat up violin would be nice art on a brick wall. I’m sure I overpaid at $200 but I was lost in the 1743 year and how that much history made my heart feel. I now know I should have spent a minute finding a little better one but was lost in the moment. I just didn’t want to have friends ask and me be incorrect with the year. again thanks to you all. If I buy another one I’ll be back. I think you found the perfect thing. This fiddle is pushing 150yo which covers a good chunk of American history. For a farmer who might have grown up during the Reconstruction, this might have been a prize possession and is pretty typical of what most working guys would have had, and still have. You dont want to hang a Strad on the wall do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsaunders Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, deans said: You dont want to hang a Strad on the wall do you? No, bloody hell, whatever next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deans Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, jacobsaunders said: No, bloody hell, whatever next OK, stupid comment, I admit. But please don't come in with "dustbin". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starrymac Posted March 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 3 hours ago, Brad Dorsey said: I can see the "17" on the label. Where are you getting the "43"? The EBay seller told me 1743. He said he took it somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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