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gorgeous old 4/4 VIOLIN fiddle Geige Saxony Germany inlayed mosaic back ~1860

Estimated price for orientation: 488 $

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Description
Type: Acoustic Exact Year: ~1860
Size: 4/4 Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany



gorgeousantique4/4 size
Violin / fiddle / Geige / violinoMade in Saxony / Germany around the mid 19th century- about 582mm total length, body lenght 358mm, ribs height: 32mm, lower bout: 207mm, center but 105mm , upper bout 162mm, scale lenght about 33,2cm
- weight 467grams (chinrest included)
- handmade of all solid tonewoods: hight arched spruce top , hight arched maple back and ribs.
- Back with gorgeous inlayed ornament made of different kind of maetrial, pearl and abalone
- ebony nut, ebony endpin with parisian eye,, ebony saddle, ebony tailpiece with inlayed french pearl eye, with finetuner on e, bakelite chinrest
- maple bridgeThe violin is fully playable and is in age related good condition. The violin and its original dark shellac varnish is showing some authentic and characteristical signs of the time and playing (f.e. small well sealed/glued crack at the left F-hole --> Please see pictures)
There are no other cracks or damages on this fine fiddle.
The ebony fingerboard, nut, tailpiece, fastener and bridge are not original and have been replaced in earlier timeswith new strings