Please see the video & listen to the sound on youtube! Please listen to this video with headphones for best result! An excellent old Czech master violin - Josef Lidl late 1800s / early 1900s. Please listen to the video/soundfile & scroll down to see all detailed XXL photos below as part of the description!
The violin is in fine, immediate playing condition and was carefully worked over in our workshop, where it received new set-up with new ebony pegs, new ebony chinrest, a new bridge and new strings. Labeled inside the body and stamped on the upper back. T his beautiful violin shows no open cracks or open seams. The table is medium to fine grained spruce and the 2-piece back is nicely flamed maple. Pegs, fingerboard, tailpiece and chinrest are ebony. Like always the instrument has been completely checked by our violin player on playability. In our workshop the violin received new ebon pegs, new ebony chinrest, a new bridge and new strings. T hese are new German silver wound steel core strings with good projection, easy to play while allowing rapid finger performance. We use these strings on mostly all of our violins to provide a comparison of the tonal qualities of each instrument in the videos.In any case a new owner should consider higher quality strings of own personal preference to enhance the full character of this violin! Excellent antique Czech master violin in immediate playing condition! Great mature sound - Please see the video & listen to the sound on youtube. Total 59,5 cm / 23.4", body 35,6 cm / 14", vibrating chord length 32,5 cm / 12.8, weight 504 gr / 17.8 oz.
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The seller is "old-violin-international" and is located in Lisbon. This item can be shipped worldwide.