£575.00
A beautiful crafted new violin, with a distinguished rich, warm and clear tone. Finished in a lustrous Italian style antique varnish with a hint of red.
All our new violins are individually hand crafted using traditional methods and personally hand selected by myself direct from the maker.
Carefully modelled on the famous ‘Cremonese’ Antonio Stradivari violin of 1715 which resides in the Museo del Violino in Cremona, Italy.
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This is a beautiful violin made with high quality spruce and maple, which has been air dried for over 12 years, and finished in a lightly antiqued Italian style varnish, with a reddish lustre. The sound is already remarkably open for a new violin and will only improve over the coming months and years as it is played in.
The excellent craftsmanship is followed up with careful set up to ensure that this violin not only has a wonderful tone but also the highest order of playability. Unlike many companies, and especially those imported from China, we ship to you with the bridge in place – this ensures that our high quality set up is maintained, so that you can take it straight out of the box, tune it and immediately start enjoying its wonderful ability to make music.
(Many companies ship with the bridge down, which frequently results in the violin arriving with the soundpost having fallen down. Now the two most important elements in the sound quality of a violin are the bridge and the soundpost, which require fine adjustment by an experienced person to get the optimum sound out of your instrument, meaning a trip to your nearest luthier if you are to get the best out of your newly purchased violin. This is why we have taken the time to develop a safe method of shipping our violins that ensure that the careful set up is maintained for when it arrives with you).
What makes our violins different from others in this price range:
About Our Tonewoods:
Nearly every new violin advertised for sale these days comes with a claim that the wood is 10 – 20 years old at least. The inside story from those in the know is very different. The truth is that probably fewer than 10% of these instruments have wood that is 5 years old. Pressures of time and economy on price mean that an ever increasing number of makers are using ‘Green Wood’, less than a year old. Not only do violins made from green wood lack the tonal qualities of those constructed of mature wood but there is a high risk that they will crack, joints will come apart or the neck will warp. Our makers have a stockpile of wood sufficient for 5 years and the instruments that we select from them are made from wood guaranteed to have been air dried for at least 12 years. Forced drying, using heat to speed up the process makes the wood brittle.
Plate Thicknessing:
The tone and projection of a violin is critically dependant on both correct thickness on the plates (belly and back) of the violin. Too thick and they will be stronger but lack the flexibility to vibrate freely. Too thin and the violin will be fragile under the immense pressure of the strings and although it may initially appear to have a good sound, over the course of a couple of years it will lose its tone. Our makers have carefully studied many highest quality instruments, especially the very best 17th century Cremonese (Stradivari, Guarneri del Gesu, Amati), and have developed a careful understanding of the correct plate thickness and distribution to give optimal results over the long term. The plates of these violins are on average around 5% thicker than that commonly seen on many new violins, and their tone will only ever improve with the ripening of time.
Size: 4/4
Back length: 355mm
Upper Bout: 168mm Middle Bout: 109mm Lower Bout: 207mm
String length: 330mm
Fingerboard: Ebony Fittings: Ebony
This violin comes ready fitted with Evah Pirazzi strings for exceptional performance.
A case is included in the price but no bow. Please Contact Us for bow options at very special prices.
Weight | 5 kg |
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Dimensions | 70 × 30 × 30 cm |