Rare Violins, Violas, Violoncellos of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries, of the Wurlitzer Collection, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

Excerpt from Rare Violins, Violas, Violoncellos of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries, of the Wurlitzer Collection, Vol. 1

The violins of Januarius are invariably fine; this specimen stands apart as one on which he lavished especial effort. The pattern is Slightly flatter than usual. The back is two-piece, cut from curly maple Showing a medium width of flame. A beautiful rose - red varnish remains in good quantity. The violin was for a time the concert instrument of one of our prominent virtuoso players, a fact which attests its superb tonal quality, combining every requisite demanded for brilliant technique and sweetest legato.

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