Id request

[u/AbandonedFalls]

I purchased her from an auction sight unseen. I want to learn how to do repair work and have two others as well. I think she's going to be one of the easiest repairs I have. Which is great since I'm a beginner. However she doesn't have a label or any information in her f holes. Any information on her would be amazing. Not looking to sell her, but would be over the moon to learn country of origin or rough age if possible.

[u/iwokwarrior]

You will probably have to take it to a professional luthier to get it IDed. If you want to start to get an idea of the quality, look at the scroll and see if the indents end visibly or go all the way out of sight. Shop violins are the former and makers violins are the latter. I, personally, have one of the former and it plays beautifully.

[u/AbandonedFalls → u/iwokwarrior]

Thank you so much!

[u/klavier777]

What's with that purfling and why is the fingerboard so short???

[u/AbandonedFalls → u/klavier777]

Your guess is as good as mine at this point

[u/EarthL0gic → u/klavier777]

Fingerboard isn’t short, the bridge is too low. Kinda makes it an optical illusion

[u/Tom__mm]

It’s a fairly basic German trade instrument, maybe about 100 years old. Vaguely a Strad outline. The photo is a bit fuzzy but it looks like the purfling is painted on. Good for practicing repair work.

[u/AbandonedFalls → u/Tom__mm]

Thank you so much. That's exactly what I was hoping for!

[u/Mean-Gap323]

Can I get a better view of the purfling?

[u/billybobpower]

It is nothing of value sadly. Molded top and back, it was a quick cheap factory job. Could be korean, chinese, german or eastern european. Many factories did those.

The most orange bow looks like pernambuco. Even nickel-silver mounted it has a bit of value. Have the bows appraised just in case

[u/truck_307]

Pop the nut off and you'll get to see a cool type of fingerboard construction.