Continental Stradivari copy violin 4/4. Well set up and producing good sound.

Label inside reads;

Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonenfis
Faciebat Anno 1713

(i.e. a trade copy based on Stradivari dimensions)

Two-piece rippled sycamore back. Spruce front. Golden varnish

Weight 500gm (with chinrest)
Total length: 590mm x 205mm at widest.
See photographs for other dimensions.

Ebony pegs are well fitting and hold tuning
Scroll and neck are good with no signs of damage or repair.
Fingerboard is good.
The height of the strings above the end of the fingerboard are;
G: 3.2mm, D: 4mm, A: 4.1mm, E: 3.2mm
New strings fitted are Dominant. They have been played in.
Sound post position is correct
Bridge stands correctly on body with 90° angle at the rear.
Bridge is correctly positioned with nut to string distance 328mm.
Bridge afterlength is 55mm
Tailpiece is Wittner Ultra lightweight with integral fine tuners. End button is ebony.
Chinrest is ebony. NOTE: There is no shoulder rest with this violin.
Purfling is good.

About this offering: I play Scottish folk music on fiddle as a hobby. I was a cabinetmaker for 25 years and I am interested in violins and setting them up. I bought this instrument at auction and have given it a basic ‘set-up’. I am not a luthier. I will not make any extravagant claims as to the instrument merits. I would describe this as a good violin at a fair price, capable of producing a complex sound.

Please examine photographs to make a judgement on the quality of this instrument.
Will be dispatched by Special Delivery and very well packaged with the bridge up and strings tensioned. I have a no quibble return policy. T18