March 2021
Please note our message on the home page.
We probably have the largest selection of quality old violins for sale in the area in this price range, and would encourage anyone looking for a really good instrument to come and try our selection by appointment. Every violin we sell has been thoroughly prepared and comes to you with our professional guarantee of authenticity and condition, together with a free annual check-over to ensure it remains in tip-top playing order. Come and enjoy the process of choosing your next instrument in our comfortable practice room and talk to us about what you are seeking. We have 40 years experience in helping musicians find their ideal instrument.
If you have a higher budget then please see our selection of violins for sale above £5,000
New Chinese ‘Andante’ model (outfit) £650.00 complete
This comes with a lovely lightweight oblong case with cover, a good quality bow, the instrument is of a slightly ‘antiqued’ appearance and is adjusted and set-up in our workshop to good playing order
ALSO OF PARTICULAR NOTE THIS MONTH, A SELECTION OF
3/4 & 7/8 VIOLINS OF GOOD QUALITY
3/4
German 3/4 c1880 £800 JUST SOLD
German 3/4 c1890 £950 JUST SOLD
French 3/4 ‘Breton Brevette’ beautiful one-piece back @ £1250
7/8
Old German 7/8 circa 1900 £1600
French Barzoni school 7/8 circa 1900 £2000
French, J B Colin school 7/8 circa 1900 £2200
4/4
French circa 1890 “Copie de Stradivarius”
German Violin by Wolff Brothers labelled and dated 1898
A beautiful example from this workshop saved from the hands of a keen amateur who had sought to file down the neck and fingerboard to possibly suit a tiny hand, but making it impossible to be played by an adult. We took the unusual step on this type of instrument of making a new neck, preserving the original head, and it is now back to it’s former glory, looking and sounding great.
German violin labelled “Made in Mittenwald, Germany 1910”
German labelled Schweitzer, Dresden c 1890
German, Markneukirchen circa 1910
French, Breton school circa 1880
French, Rene Cune, Mirecourt 1924
English by Peter Clay 1977
French, Mirecourt c1890 ” Michel-Ange Garini”
French, J Thibouville-Lamy Strad copy c1900
German Dresden school c1890, labelled ‘Kloz’
Good German labelled Rinaldi 1896
Mirecourt c 1900 labelled Michel Gerard
Good French 7/8 size
“Grand Concert” Saxony circa 1890
Charles Bailley workshops 1919
Hawkes & Son “The Professor” 1895
Another Hawkes & Son violin, this one is the “Maggini”model circa 1900 finished in stunning birds-eye maple
The third “Hawkes & Son” instrument in our collection, this is labelled ‘Hawkes and Sons Tyrolese Violin‘ and is in immaculate condition, most probably dating from the good 1890’s period
Good German “Albert Lorenz”
French by Marc Laberte 1932
Excellent example of the work of GEORGE DYKER dated 1942
French Violin, school of Sebastien Vuillaume 1875