This American violin has a label stating it is a copy of Andreas Amati by Ands Nicholas Koch. Koch was known as a German Violin Maker in the 19th Century.
Andrea Amati is the earliest of the great Cremonese luthiers. He was the grandfather of Nicolo Amati, Antonio Stradivari’s mentor. Amati has achieved the most elegant form of violin which set the standard of superb craftsmanship. This had set the foundation for his followers who included two of his sons and his distinguished grandson Nicolò, as well as Antonio Stradivari, who showed this particular characteristic in their works.
Roger Hargrave stated in his biography that Amati is one of the top candidates scholars have advanced for the inventor of the violin. The two others were Fussen who born in Germany and Gasparo' da Salo from Brescia.
This Violin has the signature of an Italian Maker Renato Scrollavezza who was greatly admired and considered to be among the most notable modern Italian makers of the post-war era. He also won numerous prizes and medals in international competitions. This violin could have been made by one of his Japanese students - see the descrirtoion for details.
This is an Eduard Tauscher Violin made in Erlbach, Markneukirchen Germany in around 1920. Eduard Tauscher is a German luthier who by obtaining top-quality tonewoods from various sources manages to produce high-quality instruments with warm, mature, and balanced sound full of character and volume.
The Alois Bittner Violin made in 1932 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Alois Bittner Alois Bittner was born in 1880 in Kral Pola, Czech Republic. He was a student of Franz Angerer and was awarded at various exhibitions with numerous distinctions due to his strong personal style and still very clean craftsmanship.
This Violin bears the label Joh. Bapt. Schweitzer C.1880. Johann Baptist Schweitzer is considered one of the finest violin makers in Vienna.
This Robert E. Webber Violin was made in Wisconsin, the USA in 1940. Robert E. Webber is a violin maker and an expert repairer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This Vienna Style Violin is an Amati Copy believed to be made in Austria around 1910. Nicola Amati came from a family of luthiers who later became the most famous master luthier in their clan.
