Alfio Batelli *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  22018

After training with de Zorzi in Florence, Batelli set up his own shop there. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1947 stopping briefly in Chicago then on to Los Angeles to work with Hans Weisshaar for 13 years. Many of the best makers on the West Coast got excellent training there. This exceptional violin is one of the finest violins by Batelli we’ve seen.

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Branded J. Barbé

sku Product SKU:  21878

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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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H. Emile Blondelet

sku Product SKU:  21946

Blondelet began his career with the Thibouville-Lamy firm at age 15. He became a highly regarded maker and was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1923. The tone is warm,full and rich.

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Breton Breveté *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  16416

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Thomas Hoyer

sku Product SKU:  21406

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Karl Vavra

sku Product SKU:  21706

Over four generations, the Vavra family has been some of the most important makers in Prague. Karl is one of the best known makers in that great music capital. This violin is an excellent example of this maker's work and is in pristine condition with a brilliant and responsive tone.

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Old English *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  14354

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La Premiere

sku Product SKU:  10577

The La Premiere violins are our most affordable new violins. They are an excellent choice for the beginning or intermediate musician.

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Johann Glass

sku Product SKU:  8009

The Glass family of violin makers were active from the late 17th through the mid 20th centuries. This beautiful violin was made at a time when German violin making was at its peak.

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J. Michael Fischer

sku Product SKU:  21791

After graduating from the violin making school in Mittenwald, Michael Fischer worked for Dietrich Kessler and Charles Beare in London doing restorations of fine old master instruments. He soon emigrated to America working with Hans Weisshaar in Los Angeles before setting up his own shop in 1984. He has become renowned for his reproductions of the great masters having made over 300 replications of specific master instruments. This violin is an excellent reproduction of a violin by Carlo Ferdinando Landolphi.

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Jay Haide J.B. Vuillaume Model with European Wood

sku Product SKU:  303VVLN

Tonino Boga

sku Product SKU:  14189

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Auguste Delivet

sku Product SKU:  15541

Like so many French makers, Delivet apprenticed in Mirecourt. After working there with Victor Rambaux, he moved to Paris working with H.C.Silvestre. He opened his own shop in Paris in 1892. His work was highly regarded and he won numerous gold medals in major exhibitions. In 1918 he emigrated to Canada working in Toronto and Montreal. This violin has a nice brilliant and responsive tone.

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Charles Buthod

sku Product SKU:  11714

Buthod was one of many gifted makers who worked for Vuillaume before joining Husson in Mirecourt forming a large and successful workshop. This is a very fine violin and is in superb condition.

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J.W.Owen *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  9859

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Caussin Workshop *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  18777

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.

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Léon Mougenot

sku Product SKU:  21035

The Mougenot family of violin makers goes back to the 17th century. Léon worked with E.Laurent in Brussels, Blanchard in Lyon and W.E.Hill and Sons in London before establishing his own shop in Mirecourt in 1899. His work has always been highly respected for his very fine workmanship.

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Meyers-Halverson

sku Product SKU:  20853

Anders Halverson emigrated from Sweden to Chicago in 1924 to work for Lewis & Son, then moved to Nashville, Michigan two years later. He established a shop with William Meyers which became popular with musicians across the Midwest.

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Robert Glier

sku Product SKU:  21034

Robert Glier was born and trained in Markneukirchen, moving to Cincinnati in 1885. He first worked for Wurlitzer before establishing his own successful shop.

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Old German, labeled Amati *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  19540

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Laberte-Humbert *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  20388

The firm of Laberte-Humbert in Mirecourt was formed at the beginning of the 20th century by the important luthier Marc Laberte. This violin is an excellent example of the work of this important firm.

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Charles J.B. Collin-Mezin

sku Product SKU:  9812

The Collin-Mezin workshop made fine violins from the end of the 19th century until the 1950s. The "Le Victorieux" were Charles II own model.

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Paul Serdet workshop

sku Product SKU:  11302

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