Hello Everyone! Here is an exceptional antique Hopf 4/4 violin. The richness and the mature tone pores out of it in a smooth mellow chocolate creaminess that is exemplary with well played violins.  I

 

Up for auction is a quite rare catalog for a 1987 Smithsonian Institution exhibit in the Hall of Musical Instruments, entitled AN EXHIBITION OF AMERICAN VIOLIN MAKERS BEFORE 1930. Written by Gary Stur

 

Up for auction is a nice old vintage antique "Louis Handorff" full size violin for restoration. The tastefully figured antiqued 2 pc curly maple back measures 14 by 8 1/8 inches. The violin is lined a

 

An antique bowl shaped mandolin with a patent date on the chin piece of 1894. Beautiful wood and inlay. No cracks or loose inlay. No label. Looks like bone edging inlay with other woods. All strings b

 

Vintage, early 1900s, bowlback mandolin with label inside which reads: A Galiano Raphael Ciani Fabbricante di mandolini E Chitarre Garentite; between Raphael and Ciani is a masonic symbol, a compass o

 

Violin by Vaclav Nosek , 1926. Double labeled internally, one label signed ( half of signature is missing). Exquisite two piece back of medium curl. The ribs similar. The scroll of narrow curl. The to

 

Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Antique (1930’s) Percussion Sleigh Bells Up for auction is a vintage (1930’s) percussion sleigh bells hand shaker. These 12 antique sleigh bells produce

 

ANTIQUE/OLD RAMPONE 6 KEYED FLUTE--2 cracks ,some finish wear also missing tuning adjuster Don't know how to tell what wood it is made from-Maybe ebony?,rosewood, grenadilla??--Don't know a lot about

 

needs work label is shot looks like Germme Balsam Fir maybe 1886,hard to read,been carrying it and another old one around for 40 years

 

Antique Rosewood Fife, 16.5 in. long. Silvered Brass Ends. Nice shape.No Res. There are no cracks chips or major scratches. Very minor light scratching very light. I see a small piece of cork inside.