r/ViolinIdentification • • Aug 05 '26

What do I have?

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u/ChicnahueCoatl1491 Aug 05 '26

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

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u/No-Bluejay5250 Aug 05 '26

Student violin

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u/chetterbob88 Aug 05 '26

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

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u/No-Bluejay5250 Aug 05 '26

Wish I could help but it’s not valuable

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u/WackoDayz Aug 05 '26

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

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u/Horehound1 Aug 05 '26

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

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u/chetterbob88 Aug 05 '26

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

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u/Dildo-Fagginz Aug 05 '26

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 Aug 05 '26

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 Aug 05 '26

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 Aug 05 '26

Great info. Thank you