Paul Bailly *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  22497

Bailly is one of the best known and respected makers in 19^th century France. Born in Mirecourt, he trained with Galliard and J.B.Vuillaume before working in many cities including several locations in France and also Brussels, London, Leeds and even New York. He established his final workshop in Paris in 1899. He won ten medals at important exhibitions all over the world.  His work is always of the very highest quality. 

This violin is a classic example of his fine work and has a fine mature tone, suitable for a professional violinist.

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Jules Grandjon

sku Product SKU:  24110

Jules Grandjon was born in Mirecourt, the son and probably student of his father Prosper Grandjon. He worked in Paris and Amsterdam taking over his brothers workshop before establishing a workshop in Mirecourt around 1850. This workshop was very successful and his work won medals at Paris and London exhibitions. 

This beautiful violin has a wonderfully responsive tone, very even and powerful.

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Oscar Meinel

sku Product SKU:  24122

Made in the Ernst Heinrich Roth workshop in Markneukirchen.

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Michel Eggimann

sku Product SKU:  24189

Born in Switzerland, Michel Eggimann made his first violins there before studying at the Cremona Violin Making School with V. Bissolotti, graduating in 1986. Even before graduation he won 4^th prize at the  4^th Trienalle in Cremona. In 1986 he won the Stouffer Prize for a superb Guarneri copy. He opened his workshop in Lucca, Tuscany in 1991 and then to Rome in 2007. Even before  graduation from the Cremona school,  he had specialized in reproductions of the great Cremonese masters with superb antiquing that very few of today’s makers can equal. 

His work is in great demand, difficult to obtain and we are pleased to offer this superb Guarneri copy.

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Ernst Heinrich Roth *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  23889

Some of our favorite German Violins are the Ernst Heinrich Roths from the 1920’s. This is an especially nice example. Modeled after a Stradivarius of 1725, it is Roth’s model VR, the very best of their line of fine violins. (use text for Roth Violin I-19250)

The town of Markneukirchen in Saxony has been famous for violin making since the mid 1600s when the first violin making guild was formed. By the late 1800s more than a quarter of a million string instruments a year were being shipped all over the world with almost half the production coming to the U.S. After WWI, production in Markneukirchen dropped significantly but the companies that remained started to concentrate on the making of higher quality instruments. At the beginning of the 1920s. Ernst Heinrich Roth I (1877-1948) took over the operation of the Roth family firm and began to produce violins of exceptional quality. These fine violins were so popular in America that Ernst Heinrich sent his son Ernst Heinrich II (1890-1961) to this country to represent the firm. By the 1930’s, production decreased due to the rise of Nazism and the war. In spite of that, we still see fine Roth violins from the 30’s and even the late 40’s. Under Communist rule, the firm was taken over by the government and their building confiscated. In 1953, the business was re-established in Bubenreuth, West Germany and they began production of high quality violins, violas, cellos and bows.

Today, Ernst Heinrich Roth violins from the 1920’s are in great demand because of their exceptional quality and are increasing in value. Although originally the 1920s Roth violins were made in 13 different quality grades (reproductions of works of famous Cremonese violins by Stradivari, Guarneri and Amati), there is actually little difference in the different models in terms of quality. Some of these violins are labeled Eugen Meinel and are similar to the Roth violins and have comparable value.

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Old French

sku Product SKU:  12200

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Jacques Thibout

sku Product SKU:  23497

Jacques Thibout was the best and most respected maker of the nine members of the Thibout family of violin makers.  He worked with Koliker in Paris starting in 1796. He set up his own Parisian shop in 1807. He had an illustrious career and was appointed the luthier to the opera, conservatoire and the Royal Court. He was awarded medals at the Paris expositions of 1827, 1844 and 1855. 

This beautiful violin has an exceptional tone, clear, ringing and very easy to play.

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Mermillot Workshop

sku Product SKU:  23456

Maurice Mermillot worked with a number of important makers. He started out with Gaillard in Mirecourt and then went to Paris and worked with Buthod. Going back to Mirecourt, he was associated with Nicolas Vuillaume. He also spent time with Antonio Guadagnini in Turin while he was in Military service, later making instruments for him. He returned to Paris and worked with Gand & Bernardel, opening his own workshop there in 1876. This beautiful violin has a big dark, clear tone.

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Joseph Klotz

sku Product SKU:  24127

The Klotz family of violin makers spanned five generations, starting in 1653 and continuing till well after the Second World War with 26 members. Joseph, son of Sebastian, was born in 1743 His work is fairly rare but of high quality, among the best makers of this highly important violin making family.

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August Gemunder *SOLD*

sku Product SKU:  22634

The Gemunder family of violin makers is among the most important and respected in the latter 19^th and early 20^th centuries. August and his brother George came from Ingelfingen Germany in 1846, first to Boston then to New York City. August and his son August Martin formed the firm "August Gemunder & Son" which was to become one of the most important and respected violin shops in New York. Almost any famous string soloist visited the Gemunder shop when they were performing in New York. Their violins, violas and cellos were of the highest quality. In fact, a Gemunder quartet won first prize at the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. 

This beautiful violin has all its original documents including the bill of sale, a personal letter from Gemunder to the owner and appraisal from 1889, remarkable for a violin that is 136 years old. It has been in the same family all this time. In many ways it can be considered a great American historical artifact. It has a wonderful big sound and is fun to play!

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Howard Needham

sku Product SKU:  24217

After a career as a systems analyst, Howard Needham began making acoustic guitars in 1973, transitioning to the violin family in the eraly 1980's. He worked with Gary Baese in the 1990's who was doing extensive research in 18th century Italian violin varnish. In 2007 in a blind comparison of 100 instruments, on eof his violins beat every other instrument except for a J. B. Guadagini. His violins are excellent reproductions of a Guarneri del Gesu of the Medici Stradivarius of 1716. His fine instruments are being played by many acconplished musicians.

This wonderful violin is the kind of instrument a professional could use for their entire career. The tone is rich, clear and responsive. It's a real joy to play.

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Jay Haide l'ancienne Special Model with European Wood

sku Product SKU:  304VLN

Our Special Models are handmade in our workshop by expert luthiers.
Aged European tonewood produces a beautifully layered, rich sonority, whose depth and color is brought to life by its powerful resonance.

The delicate flaming of the maple on the back of each instrument accentuates the richness and complexity of the auburn shades of our proprietary varnish carefully applied and beautifully antiqued giving each instrument the patina of age, so desired by both musicians and connoisseurs. And, they are as beautiful tonally as they are visually.

The Special Model violins are available in the Stradivari, Guarneri del Gesu, J.B.Guadagnini and a reproduction of a violin from Jay Ifshin's personal collection by Tomasso Balestrieri of Mantua.

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Heinrich TH Heberlein Jr. 1924

sku Product SKU:  24017

Heinrich Theodor Heberlein founded the Heberlein company in 1863, producing extremity high quality instruments over several decades. This fine violin is an excellent example oftheir fine work.

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Marc Laberte

sku Product SKU:  22799

This fine violin is of the highest quality form the Laberte-Humbert Frerés firm in Mirecourt made when the workshop was at its peak. Marc Laberte was trained by his father and became a highly skilled and decorated maker.

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Paul Meinel

sku Product SKU:  15054

The Meinel family of violin makers was one of the largest in Germany with over 30 master luthiers. Like all of his family, he trained in Markneukirchen but spent most of his career in Basel, Switzerland. He worked with N.E. Simoutre taking over the business in 1889 when he was only 24 years old.

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C.G. Conn "Wonder"

sku Product SKU:  23829

The C.G. Conn company is one of the largest maker of musical instruments in the wrold. Between 1912 and 1936, they made stringed instruments in a range of qualities. The "Wonder" violins were among their best. This beautifully crafted violin is reminiscent of the highest quality instruments from Germany at that time.

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Eduard Reichert

sku Product SKU:  23177

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Paul Schuback

sku Product SKU:  24038

Paul Schuback, one of the most respected violin makers in America, opened his shop in Portland, OR in 1971. Over the years he trained a number of fine makers in his shop. Among those was Jeffrey Muller, son of Albert Muller, who went on to open his own successful shop in Los Angeles.

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d'apres J.B. Vuillaume

sku Product SKU:  24101

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D. Nicolas Aine

sku Product SKU:  23998

Didier Niolas known as D. Nicolas l'aine was the most respected and certainly the most successful of the Nicolas family of violins makers. He establisehd a workshop which at one point had over 500 employees.

This beautiful violin represents the highest quality workmansip from that famous shop.

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Gand & Bernardel

sku Product SKU:  23958

By the early 19th century, Paris had become the music capital of the world. Because of this, Paris also became the home of many of the finest violin makers. Among these were the Gand and Bernardel families. Eugene Gand and Gustave Adolphe Bernardel joined together to form Gand & Bernardel in 1866. Together, their firm produced some of the finest Parisian stringed instruments of their time.

This fine violine from 1878 is an outstanding example fo their work.

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Franco Albanelli

sku Product SKU:  24039

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Carlos Funes Vitanza

sku Product SKU:  23934

Carlos was born In Honduras and moved as a child to Albany California in 1976. He studied at the violin making school in Cremona graduating in 1983 and stayed on for another three years working with some of the best Cremonese masters. He returned to the Bay Area and began working with Rolland Feller in San Francisco. He has continued making fine instruments in his own workshop and has gained the respect of Bay Area musicians.

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Charles Adolphe Gand

sku Product SKU:  23810

Paris in the 19^th. century was truly the center of the musical world. And of course, it was also the home of the finest and most important violin dealers and makers of that era. Among the most distinguished of these were the members of the Gand family. The senior member of the Gand dynasty was Charles Michel (1748-1820) and it continued on for three generations. Charles Adolphe worked with brother Eugène, forming “Gand Frères”. They won first prize at the Paris Exhibition of 1855. Charles Adolphe was made Chavalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 1862. Violins from the Gand family and especially Gand Frères are among the most prized and sought after of the classic 19^th. century Parisian violins.

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