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Beautiful violin world, certainly in Mirecourt, according to a model maker Gio Paolo Maggini * vintage late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This violin is in its own juice, it will restore (although looking at the pictures). It is signed "Gio Paolo Maggini in Brefeia." He has his bow and his original case.
A report: scratches and wear see photos.
* Giovanni Paolo Maggini (1581-1632) is an Italian luthier said the school of Brescia. He was a pupil of Gasparo de Salo, who is considered one of the first luthiers with Andrea Amati. Maggini is probably the luthier to have really defined the sound of the violin in comparison with the viola. It is sixty violins production. His violins are known for their sound darker and more powerful than those of Amati. Maggini's father is a very important innovation that was adopted by all makers. These are cons-sides. These are meant to increase the ribs on the inside of the violin. Part of his violins have double nets, which has a purely decorative. These double nets have also caused a sensation in its day, so that many of the contemporary Maggini there are lent.
Dimensions:
Total length 59,5 cm / 36 cm table
width 20.8 cm
bow length 74 cm
case 79.5 cm x 25 cm
