Manby Violin with Original Fretted Fingerboard made about 1920. This Violin is of the highest quality, crafted by Manby - who has workshops in Italy, London, New York, Paris, Melbourne and Sydney.
The Manby violin company sold violins that had been modified with a patented incised fingerboard (somewhat like frets). Many Manby violins have had the fingerboard swapped out.
This Manby violin still has its original incised fingerboard. This special fingerboard is helpful for violin students to learn finger positions and shifting.
This Violin is of the highest quality, crafted by Manby - who has workshops in Italy, London, New York, Paris, Melbourne and Sydney.
The label inside the Violin reads ' Manby Violin - An Exact Copy of a Stradivarius'
Manby violin Co Pty Ltd- Melbourne, Sydney, London, Paris & New York
Feel free to come and visit us in store and have a play of this beautiful Violin.
Norwegian folk violin music is primarily associated with the Hardanger fiddle, a national instrument with 8-9 strings, four of which are bowed and the rest are sympathetic strings that resonate and add overtones. This unique instrument is known for producing a polyphonic sound used in traditional dances and music, and it is often ornately decorated with carvings and inlay.
4/4 Rudoulf Doetsch Violins are teachers' and students’ favourites for clarity and tone projection, as well as their smooth playability and response.
• Clear and good projection of tone
• Smooth playability
• Excellent response
• Multi-layer spirit varnish
• Perfect balance across the strings
French violin c. 1900 Features:
• Medium dark reddish brown varnish
• Yellow and black striped purfling both at the front and back
• A unique and remarkable drawing symbol at the upper center part of the back
The Gliga Vasile Superior 7/8 Violin Features:
• Solid Spruce Top
• Solid aged sycamore maple back, neck, and sides
• Stradivari pattern
• Handcrafted in the Gliga workshops
• Closely-grained Carpathian resonance spruce belly
• Deeply etched and well-highlighted scroll.
Gliga Vasile Superior 7/8 Violin Only comes with Free shipping.
Our experienced luthiers in the Animato Workshop will fully set up your violin. The bow and case will need to be purchased separately.
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 replicates Antonio Stradivarius’s renowned instrument, which was created for Animato Strings in 2016. Antonio Stradivari, born in 1644 in Cremona, Italy, is widely acknowledged for elevating the art of violin-making. He passed away in 1737, leaving behind a legacy of exquisitely crafted violins, now some of the world’s most highly prized and sought-after instruments.
Charles Collin-Mezin was born in Mirecourt, France, in 1841. He came from a family of luthiers and was skilled in crafting violins, violas, cellos, basses, and bows.
