VINTAGE STAINER COPY 4/4 VIOLIN cir1900 BEAUTIFUL TONE RESTORED BY PROFFESSIONAL STRING CRAFTSMAN NOT VARNISH Start Price USD 750.00 Current Price USD 750.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, September 05, 2008 End Time Monday, September 15, 2008 Location Estero, Florida See more about 'VINTAGE STAINER COPY 4/4 VIOLIN cir1900 BEAUTIFUL TONE' Description FOR OFFER IS A VINTAGE STAINER FULL 4/4 COPY cir.1900 VIOLIN. CLASSICALLY BEAUTIFUL CONDITION. THE RESONANCE AND SUSTAIN ARE AMAZINGLY CLEAR AND WARMLY BRIGHT. THE VIOLIN WAS PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED BUY A VIOLINMAKER, BUT ON MY REQUEST, DID NOT ALTER THE VARNISH. THERE ARE NICKS AND SMALL SCRATCHES ON THE FINISH BUT THE CHARACTER AND SOUND IS SOMETHING I WANTED KEPT INTACT.THERE IS A SMALL CRACK DOWN ONE OF THE SEAMS BUT UNDETECTABLE WHEN YOU RUN YOU FINGERS OVER IT.  IT IS UNDER THE VARNISH.   WHAT HE DID DO IS CLEAN THE NECK JOINT, REFASTEN THE FINGERBOARD, CUT A NEW BRIDGE AND ADJUST THE SOUND POST. NEW STRINGS ARE ON AND READY TO PLAY. HE ESTIMATED THE AGE TO BE BETWEEN 1880 AND 1900 AND PROBABLY MADE IN AUSTRIA OR CZECHOSLOVAKIA BECAUSE THE  "STAINER" EMBLEM IS IN CAPITAL LETTERS. THERE ARE MANY MANY COPIES MADE OF STAINER VIOLINS SOME WITH TAGS SOME WITHOUT. IT IS MORE OF A DESIGN STYLE THAN AN ACTUAL VIOLINS MADE BY JACOBUS STAINER (THERE'S ONE IN THE SMITHSONIAN). WHAT SETS THIS PARTICULAR VIOLIN APART IS THE SOUND. I AM NOT A VIOLINIST BUT I AM A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN AND I DO KNOW SOUND. THIS WOULD BE GREAT FOR CLASSICAL, JAZZ OR BLUEGRASS. IT IS JUST PLAIN,  A FINE PLAYING AND SOUNDING INSTRUMENT. COMES WITH A GOOD WOOD CASE THAT THE LEATHER IS FRAYED BUT ALL THE LATCHES AND HANDLE ARE INTACT. THE BOW IS OLDER BUT MADE OF METAL AND IS IN GOOD SHAPE.         THIS VIOLIN IS SPECIAL. I WILL SHIP IT FOR FREE TO THE LOWER US STATES. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS I WILL SHIP IT INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS MAIL SO EXTRA INSURANCE CAN BE PURCHASED AND IT CAN BE TRACKED IT WILL NOT BE FREE OVERSEAS. GOODLUCK!!  Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!