AS01/ 90 Circa 1780-1800 Tyrolese 4/4 violin

Front is highly arched, as per Stainer style. Grafted neck and neck button. Original bass bar. Brescian-style “f” holes. Waist is eccentric not aligned. Back of plain quarter sawn maple. Front of open grain spruce. Medium flamed maple ribs. Neck and scroll of selected plain figured maple. Rosewood Pegs ebony fingerboard and tailpiece. Custom-made bridge. Amber base with golden brown varnish, shaded on back. Entirely restored at Moseley Violins in 2006, including soundpost patch to front and back; neck graft and button graft.

Body length:  357cms. String length: 326 cms.  Stop length: 191 cms.   Neck length: 134 cms.

Violin making in Tyrol was most heavily influenced by Jacob Stainer (1619-1683) who supposedly studied with Nicolas Amati (1596-1684) and  whose pattern of work he followed.  In turn Stainer’s style was copied and developed by Mathias Albani and those who followed on from him (Albani school).  The style is recognisable by  the curled and long swept lower tongues of the f holes and flatter arching through the corners.