A new addition to the collection for 2025.

[germain]

Any ideas on what it might be. I was thinking Mittenwald, Tyrol but then someone suggested Nürenberg possibly? It has an Italian label but the violin is much older than its label haha…

 

[Brad Dorsey]

I have no idea what it might be.

Pictures might help.

[germain]

Just now, Brad Dorsey said:

I have no idea what it might be.

Pictures might help.

Sorry something went wrong in the upload

 

[germain]

Some more pix

 

[Guido]

Is it quite large? And do you have a pic of the end pin area?

[uguntde]

Is the purfling made with whalebone?

[germain]

2 hours ago, Guido said:

Is it quite large? And do you have a pic of the end pin area?

No... LOB is 356

[Blank face]

Looks to me like a nice older Salzkammergut violin. These started usually with an inked “purfling”, which in this case was at some point replaced with a real, which was left without varnish.

[germain]

2 hours ago, Blank face said:

Looks to me like a nice older Salzkammergut violin. These started usually with an inked “purfling”, which in this case was at some point replaced with a real, which was left without varnish.

Very interesting... that explains the lack of varnish near the edges

[germain]

On 2/2/2025 at 1:03 PM, uguntde said:

Is the purfling made with whalebone?

I don't know. 

[germain]

I just showed the violin to one of the big experts. His first impression was “old French” could it be?  
 

I am more inclined to go with the Salzkammergut guess