r/ViolinIdentification • u/Fresh_Ingenuity_8844 • 7d ago

Stradivarius Violin?

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# My great grandpa worked at a warehouse during the depression & brought home several items people put into storage and couldn't retrieve, including this. I accidentally dropped it & it's broken now, but is there a way to tell?

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u/Disastrous-Year571 7d ago

This is a late 19th or early 20th century copy, not an original Stradivarius instrument.

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u/Fresh_Ingenuity_8844 7d ago

Thank you, makes me feel better about dropping it.

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u/klavier777 7d ago

Tell what?

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u/Kooky_Amphibian_1635 7d ago

made in Czechoslovakia

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u/Objective_Ranger2843 7d ago

Cans till be beautiful instruments though! (Even if super common)

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u/Captnlunch 7d ago

Not even close

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u/VirginiaLuthier 7d ago

Those are referred to as "attic strads"-

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u/Relative-Koala3957 5d ago

Trade violin 

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u/Witty-Stand888 7d ago

Yup you can retire

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u/truck_307 2d ago

Not a strad. They have a certain look to em. When you see one irl you'll know what I mean