PARTIAL LIST OF INSTRUMENTS FOR SALE

This is just one of five baroque, baroque transitional violins I have for sale right now, ranging in price from $1200 to $2000. As many of you may be aware, the modern set up violin as we know it did not come about until after 1800, necks were lengthened, the neck was mortised into the top block, and the neck angle was made steeper so that the modern flatter fingerboard could be fitted. Baroque and baroque transitional violins have a wedged fingerboard that gets thicker as it approaches the body, not even thickness on the side like the modern fingerboard, bridges could be different, the tailpieces had the tailgut looped through the top of the tailpiece and tied in a knot under the endpin, the strings were pure gut for the D, A and E, and silver wrapped gut for the G. The fingerboards were often shorter, and the curve of the bridge somewhat flatter. All this makes for instruments more appropriate for people wanting to play baroque and early classical era music in the way it would have sounded and been played originally. The baroque transitional type violin continued to be made well into the 1800s, but the modern violin made them less and less common as time progressed.

This is a good example of an early 1800s Saxon transitional violin, which for all intensive purposes is built just like 1700s baroque original violins. The violin is in very good condition with no cracks, modern reproduction maple fingerboard, tailpiece and bridge have been fit. Best quality Gamut gut strings are used, this is sort of a beginner baroque type violin for someone trying to get their feet wet in Historically Informed Practice, and experience the wonder of genuine gut strings, which were still being used by Artists like Jascha Heifetz well into the 20th century. The sound is bright and surprisingly loud, as I have found best results using heavier gauge gut strings as was the practice historically from what we can gather.