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 is a copy of Nikolaus Amatus's violin made in 1636 with a label. Nicola Amati was a master luthier born in 1596, in Cremona Italy. He came from a family of luthiers but was considered the most famous luthier in their clan.
This is a Szolista Violin made in Hungary around the year 2016. An excellent violin for soloists. Szolista is a Hungarian word for Soloist
Gliga Vasile Genova 4/4 Violin (Instrument Only) is handcrafted in workshops directly supervised by Mr. Vasile Gliga.
This Violin is made in Germany for Knilling (USA) prob. Bubenreuth in about 1970. Knilling Violins c/o was named after Johannes Knilling (1795 -1842), a famous German luthier in the 17th century.
Conrad Gotz is a renowned German violin maker who produces violin models with high-quality craftsmanship and design.
Andreas Eastman VL305 Violin Features: ( Violin Only)
• Entirely hand-crafted from select tonewoods
• Select spruce top and highly flamed maple back, ribs, and scroll
• Hand-applied antique-style spirit varnish
• Hand-carved boxwood pegs, tailpiece, and chinrest with ebony trim (violin and viola)
• Stradivari pattern
• Wittner composite tailpiece with four fine tuners available as an option
• Violin available in sizes 1/10, 1/8, 1/4, 3/4 & 4/4
• Comes with bow, case, and rosin
This Violin bears the label Joh. Bapt. Schweitzer C.1880. Johann Baptist Schweitzer is considered one of the finest violin makers in Vienna.
