Antonino Cavalazzi

sku Product SKU:  479

Cavalazzi was a student of Domenico Veggi and established his workshop in the late 1920’s. A highly respected maker, he also did extensive research in varnish chemistry. This violin has a full, warm tone of great quality.

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Raymond Melanson

sku Product SKU:  22575

Ray Melanson has become one of the best known and important violin makers in this country. Having studied art and violin performance, he began his career in the 1970's working with Hans Nebel and Arnold Bone doing repairs and restorations of fine instruments and bows. He then went to the Salt Lake violin making school. Starting in 1983, he spent four years teaching at the North Bennett St violin making school. Since then he has won 14 medals at Violin Society of America competitions. His instruments are owned by a number of famous soloists and members of major symphony orchestras.

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Auguste Falisse

sku Product SKU:  22501

After serving his apprenticeship in Mirecourt, Auguste Falisse worked with Silvestre & Maucotel in Paris before moving to Brussels where he worked with Mougenot. He set up his own workshop there in 1905. His instruments were especially popular in London where they were imported by Boosey & Hawkes. At a competition in Paris, his violin was judged superior in tone to a Stradivarius. The tone is brilliant, responsive and lively.

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Labeled Vuillaume

sku Product SKU:  17218

Possibly by George Gemunder

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Wilhelm Kapfhammer

sku Product SKU:  21804

After graduating from the Mittenwald violin making school, Kapfhammer came to the U.S., teaching at the Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake City. There he trained some of the most important contemporary makers. The tone of this violin is brilliant, responsive with easy playability

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Léon Bernardel

sku Product SKU:  20380

The Bernardel family was one of the most important dynasties in Parisian violin making for well over a century, not just as makers but as some of the most important dealers in Paris. Léon Bernardel worked at first with Derazey before joining the family firm Gand et Bernardel Frères. He opened his own shop in 1899 and was very successful and respected following the style of Lupot. This violin is an especially fine example of his work.

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Luigi Rovatti

sku Product SKU:  17733

This violin has a brilliant, responsive tone. The maker emigrated to Argentina from Italy, and may have studied with Joseph and/or Enrico Rocca.

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Old English

sku Product SKU:  14354

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Pierre Gaggini

sku Product SKU:  22822

Pierre Gaggini was the nephew and student of Alberto Blanchi, one of the best and most important French makers of his time. Pierre made superb instruments mostly on his own personal model. He went on to win numerous medals and awards at important competitions in Paris , The Hague, Liège and Rome as well as being appointed “Meilleur Ouvrier de France”. This beautifully crafted violin is in excellent condition and is a fine example of this maker’s work.

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Old French Labeled Paul Bailly

sku Product SKU:  14280

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Tschu Ho Lee

sku Product SKU:  20724

Master violin maker Tschu Ho Lee has been the director of the Chicago School of Violin Making since 1980 and has taught a generation of violin makers, many of whom have become famous in their own right. Originally from Korea, Mr. Lee graduated from the Mittenwald violin making school and got his master’s certificate before coming to Chicago

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Luigi Mozzani

sku Product SKU:  13174

Mozzani was a guitar prodigy as a youth who began constructing plucked instruments. He opened up a successful workshop making plucked and bowed stringed instruments. The workshop employed several talented luthiers, and received instruction on violin making from the renowned Carletti family. This violin was made after moving to Bologna, where the business thrived. It has a strong, sweet tone.

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Francois Jaques Barbé

sku Product SKU:  9112

Avallon mid 19th century

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Joseph Aubrey

sku Product SKU:  18465

Aubrey is well respected as a fine maker and won prizes for his work at major competitions. The tone is brilliant and very responsive with great playability.

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Caussin Workshop

sku Product SKU:  15053

The Caussin workshop in Neufchâteau (near Mirecourt) produced excellent instruments from 1830 until the end of the 19th. Century. Over the years we have been able to offer a number of these fine and very interesting instruments. This violin has an excellent, brilliant tone with easy playability.

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Roger & Max Millant

sku Product SKU:  15706

Brothers Roger and Max Millant were among the most respected European makers of their generation. Beginning their studies with their prize winning grandfather Sebastien-August Deroux, they continued their studies with Mougenot in Mirecourt and with Dykes in London. After establishing their own shop in Paris in 1930- shortly before turning 30- they quickly developed fame for constructing instruments of robust tone and elegant craftsmanship. During the course of their career, they won prizes in Cremona, The Hague, and Liege, among others. This violin is a classic example of their work from the same year they won first prize at The Hague for a quartet of instruments. It is of extremely attractive wood and a rich red varnish, and has a clear warm tone filled with resonance and color. 

 

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Fernando Solar

sku Product SKU:  21007

Fernando Solar is considered one of the most important Spanish makers of the 20th century. His instruments are known for their full, rich tone. This violin is a fine and characteristic example of his work, with a rich, versatile, robust sound.

This violn is sold with the original bill of sale from the maker.

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William Moennig & Sons

sku Product SKU:  22492

For over one hundred years (1909-2010) the firm of William Moennig & Sons was one of the most important violin dealers in this country. Over the years they employed some of the best makers in this country. They also had close relationships with some the finest violin makers in Markneukirchen (due in part to the fact that William Jr. studied violin making there before the second world war) and they were able to get many of the finest violins from those makers after the second world war. This is an especially fine violin and is in almost perfect condition.

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Joseph Vautrin

sku Product SKU:  21328

Joseph Vautrin started as a violinist and composer, then apprenticing to Chipot-Vuillaume in Mirecourt. He moved to Paris becoming the head of Emile Germain's workshop. He returned to Mirecourt then setting up his workshop in Chaumont. This fine violin is typical of his work with a beautiful golden orange varnish. This violin has a smooth, even warm tone with excellent playability.

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J.E. Hardwick

sku Product SKU:  17383

Hardwick was a pupil of George Wulme Hudson. This violin has a brilliant, powerful tone.

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Marco Minnozzi

sku Product SKU:  12779

Marco Minnozzi has been making violins for over 25 years. He trained with Renato Scrollavezza in Parma and has worked with V.Nigogosian, Horacio Pineiro and Rene Morel in New York. His work is sought after all over the World. This beautifully crafted violin has a full, warm tone.

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Andrea Schudtz

sku Product SKU:  19406

Andrea began his career in violin making with his father in Moscow and was already an established maker when he began his studies at the violin making school in Cremona, graduating in 1995. He has won numerous awards at international competitions.

 

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D. Nicolas

sku Product SKU:  22384

Mid 19^th. Century – branded and signed.

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Michael Darnton

sku Product SKU:  8156

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