Description
| Size: | 4/4 | Exact Year: | 1939 |
| Brand: | GUSTAV HENNING | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
| Type: | Acoustic | Model: | STRAD-CREMONA |
ESTATE BOUGHT,1939 HAND CRAFTED VIOLIN BY AMERICAN MASTER VIOLIN LUTHIER, GUSTAV HENNING 1876-1962. THIS VIOLIN HAS A ONE PIECE SPRUCE FRONT AND A TWO PIECE PACIFIC NORTH WEST MAPLE BACK, THE SCROLL,NECK AND PEGBOX ARE MAPLE AS WELL. IT HAS A EBONY CHIN REST AND EBONY ACCESORIES? VIOLIN MEASURE'S 23/3/4" INCHES IN LENGTH AND 8/1/2" INCHES ACROSS. BRIEF HISTORY OF MAKER. GUSTAV IMMIGRATED TO U.S IN 1895 AND WORKED IN BOSTON FOR 10 YEARS PERFECTING HIS CRAFT, IN 1905 HE ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS AN INDEPENDANT VIOLIN MAKER. FROM HIS FIRST VIOLIN TO HIS LAST. GUSTAV DID EVERYTHING HIMSELF, NEVER TRUSTING ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CREATING OF HIS VIOLIN'S. HE SOON GAINED A REPUTATION FOR MAKING VERY FINE HIGH QUALITY VIOLINS, SELLING BOTH NATIONALY AND INTERNATIONALY. HE ALSO WAS A MARKETING INNOVATOR SELLING HIS VIOLINS BY ADVERTIZING IN MAGAZINES AND CREATING A MAIL ORDER CATALOG FOR HIS VIOLINS AND THAT IS HOW HE SOLD THIS ONE BY MAIL ORDER. THIS VIOLIN WAS LOANED TO A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY IN THE EARLY 1940'S WHICH HE USED FOR A SEASON WITH THE SEATTLE SYMPHONY, BEFORE BIENG SOLD TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER. PAPER WORK WITH THE VIOLIN INCLUDES A LETTER BY GUSTAV TO THIS EFFECT, ALSO HAS ORIGINAL BILL OF SALE AND TESTIMONIALS FROM OTHERS AS TO THE SUPIEROR QUALITY OF HIS VIOLINS AND THE DEEP AND SOULFULL TONE THEY WERE KNOWN TO PRODUCE. THIS VIOLIN IS NOT ONLY A BEAUTIFULLY MADE VIOLIN, IT IS ALSO A IMPORTANT! PIECE OF AMERICAN VIOLIN HISTORY THERE IS ONE DISPLAYED IN THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST. INCLUDES CASE AND KEY SEEN IN PHOTO'S |
