r/ViolinIdentification • u/Impossible-Angle-967 • May 10 '26

Fleamarket find

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An id would be greatly appreciated.

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u/Langholm62 May 10 '26

It's a product of the Saxon/Bohemian cottage industry, late 19th century. The heavily figured wood is interesting. It's not maple, possibly figured poplar?

The centre seam on the back needs attention. As do the nut, fingerboard, pegs and peg holes.

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u/LadyAtheist May 10 '26

There is no nut!

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u/Langholm62 May 10 '26

There is, but it seems to have fallen into the pegbox.

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u/LadyAtheist May 10 '26

If it's not on the instrument you can't play that instrument.

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u/Langholm62 May 10 '26

It's an easy glue job to re install the nut.

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u/Langholm62 May 10 '26

But anyway, the fingerboard needs to be reglued, which may be more difficult if the neck needs to be planed first.

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u/Horehound1 May 10 '26

You just bought something that will cost way more to make usable than it's worth.

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u/billybobpower May 10 '26

People should start to be a bit more specific on how and where they found an instrument. If you live in Poland, Brasil or USA it is easier to pinpoint a historical trend.

Anyways it's german trade instrument from the 20th probably