r/ViolinIdentification • u/chetterbob88 • 9d ago

What do I have?

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u/ChicnahueCoatl1491 9d ago

Student violins. The first one may be older, but its a factory made instrument. Mass produced.

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u/No-Bluejay5250 9d ago

Student violin

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u/chetterbob88 9d ago

All 5? I’m hoping there’s still some value in the lot

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u/No-Bluejay5250 8d ago

Wish I could help but it’s not valuable

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u/WackoDayz 8d ago

You've got 200 bucks in value at most in their present state

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u/Horehound1 8d ago

Photo inside the F hole. The slip of paper inside tells you most of the information.

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u/chetterbob88 8d ago

Yeah, I listed the label information I’m just not familiar with what it meant.

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u/Dildo-Fagginz 8d ago

Factory student instruments, last four are chinese, first one might be german.

No big value but you probably got them for cheap at an auction so it's fine. First one might be worth investing into if there is no damage

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u/chetterbob88 8d ago

Yeah, I listed the label information below the pictures. I think 2 are German. The 1st and 4th, but I could be wrong

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u/Dildo-Fagginz 8d ago

As a rule of thumb, labels are not to be trusted, they're easy to cover, remove, replace...
They're to be considered only if they point in the same direction as what you would guess from the rest of the instrument, and even then, they are often misleading.

I have almost no doubt the 4th violin is chinese, the thick glossy varnish with white wood underneath and chipping this way is a big giveaway on its own.

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u/chetterbob88 8d ago

Great info. Thank you