We have a wide variety of instruments available for sale in our showroom. Every instrument has been restored and set up to the best possible playing standard. We encourage you to come and try our instruments, and you can take items away on appraisal to ensure you find the right instrument for your playing style and aspirations.
Please note that bows and cases are NOT included with the instrument unless indicated.
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Cellos under $10,000 (4)
We have a wide variety of cellos available for sale in our showroom. Every cello has been restored and set up to the best possible playing standard. We encourage you to come and try our cellos, and you can take items away on appraisal to ensure you find the right cello for your playing style and aspirations. Please note that bows and cases are NOT included with the cello unless indicated. -
Fine Cellos (4)
We have a wide variety of cellos available for sale in our showroom. Every cello has been restored and set up to the best possible playing standard. We encourage you to come and try our cellos, and you can take items away on appraisal to ensure you find the right cello for your playing style and aspirations. Please note that bows and cases are NOT included with the cello unless indicated. -
Fine Violins (6)
We have a wide variety of violins available for sale in our showroom. Every violin has been restored and set up to the best possible playing standard. We encourage you to come and try our instruments, and you can take items away on appraisal to ensure you find the right violin for your playing style and aspirations. Please note that bows and cases are NOT included with the violin unless indicated. -
Small violins (4)
We have a wide variety of violins available for sale in our showroom. Every violin has been restored and set up to the best possible playing standard. We encourage you to come and try our instruments, and you can take items away on appraisal to ensure you find the right violin for your playing style and aspirations. Please note that bows and cases are NOT included with the violin unless indicated. -
Violas (8)
We have a wide variety of violas available for sale in our showroom. Every viiola has been restored and set up to the best possible playing standard. We encourage you to come and try our violas, and you can take items away on appraisal to ensure you find the right viola for your playing style and aspirations. Please note that bows and cases are NOT included with the viola unless indicated. -
Violins under $10,000 (19)
We have a wide variety of violins available for sale in our showroom. Every violin has been restored and set up to the best possible playing standard. We encourage you to come and try our instruments, and you can take items away on appraisal to ensure you find the right violin for your playing style and aspirations. Please note that bows and cases are NOT included with the violin unless indicated. -
S437 Gaetano Gadda, Mantua, Italy, 1940
Gaetano Gadda, one of Italy’s most prolific and important twentieth century violin makers, was the the heir and only true pupil of Stefano Scarampella. In 1940 when this violin was made, Scarampella still exerted a huge influence on Gadda’s work, despite his death 15 years before. This can be seen in the full but elegant arching, the beautifully cut ‘f’ holes with their tapering wings, the roundness and warmth of the edges and corners, and the vigour of the scroll. The tone is brilliant and projecting, with a silvery sheen and a resonant richness on the E string. It is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity by Jacques Français.
Start sale price: P.O.A.
Measurements:
Back length: 354.0mm
UB: 165.5mm
MB: 112.0mm
LB: 205.0mm
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“Paganini” ¾ violin, China, with bow and case
$ 995.00The Paganini C500 series violins are fully hand-carved, using well-seasoned maple and spruce. Ebony pegs and fingerboard, and our own professional-fitted bridge and soundpost, along with Thomastik Vision strings, a carbonfibre adjuster tailpiece, a quality Brazilwood bow and an attractive and strong half-moon case, make this responsive instrument an excellent choice for students in the lower grades. The Vision strings give this violin a silvery quality.
Start sale price: $995.00
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S522 1/2 size labelled “Stradivarius”, Germany, late nineteenth or early twentieth century
$ 1,500.00Small violins that sound well are increasingly popular with young students who have already been studying violin for several years and made good progress. This example is based on an old Italian model but with strong characteristics of Saxon making from the Klingenthal/Markneukirchen workshops of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The violin is easy to play and makes a clear, resonant sound.
Start sale price: $1,500.00
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C490 1/2 “Scott Cao” model SCV35, California, China
$ 1,650.00The Scott Cao workshops are internationally recognised for producing very well-finished student instruments that sound clear and resonant. This model, SCV35 has ebony fittings, good-quality European strings, a strong bow and a nicely-finished oblong case. The violin has been professionally set up in our own workshops to achieve maximum playability.
Start sale price: $1,650.00
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C493 3/4 “Scott Cao” model SCV35, California, China
$ 1,650.00The Scott Cao workshops are internationally recognised for producing very well-finished student instruments that sound clear and resonant. This model, SCV35 has ebony fittings, good-quality European strings, a strong bow and a nicely-finished oblong case. The violin has been professionally set up in our own workshops to achieve maximum playability.
Start sale price: $1,650.00
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S358 Labelled: “Jacobus Stainer”, Germany, late nineteenth or early twentieth century
$ 1,950.00Unlike many “trade” copies of Jacob Stainer’s work, this violin avoids the excesses in arching height, and the plateau-like profiles we so commonly see. A narrow waist, small, fairly elegant ‘f’ holes and a rounded arching give this violin a clear, smooth, sweet tone which, being slightly on the small side, will encourage more reticent students to play into the string and explore the violin’s potential without being intimidated by too much volume or brightness.
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S519 Labelled “Stradiuarius”, Germany, late nineteenth or early twentieth century, with case and bow
$ 2,000.00This strongly-modelled German violin has two contrasting characters, a well-made but somewhat rustic-looking belly and a well-flamed, more elegant back with a warm, golden-red transparent varnish that has developed a fine, broad craquillure. The tone is straightforward, with a similar colour palette across all four strings. It is priced very attractively, putting it in reach of a student wanting a historical instrument at an affordable cost, and comes with a functional case and bow.
Start sale price: $2,000.00
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C498 Unlabelled, Germany, early-mid twentieth century
$ 2,500.00By the mid-nineteenth century, home music making had become a widespread pastime of the middle classes throughout Europe and the English-speaking world. The large, manufacturing workshops of France, Saxony, Bavaria and Bohemia rose to the challenge, creating hundreds of thousands of musical instruments every year to satisfy the demand. This “Stradivari” copy violin, made in Saxony in the early-mid twentieth century, is varnished in the style of the French “Grandjon” school, with an attractive blend of red-brown and dark golden colours. The tone, particularly on the upper strings, is clear and sweet.
Start sale price: $2,500.00
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S507 Unlabelled European, probably French, late nineteenth or early twentieth century
$ 2,600.00This attractive violin was either made in Mirecourt, the traditional French violin-making town in the Vosges, or modelled closely after the French style in a large workshop in North East Germany. The varnish is a golden amber colour, evenly applied and with little wear. A handsomely-flamed maple has been used for the back, and the edge work and corners are crisply and skillfully carved. The tone is clear and speaks easily over all four strings.
Start sale price: $2,600.00
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C482 Labelled “Nikolaus Amati”, Germany, early twentieth century
$ 2,650.00Amati-copy violins are much less common than their Stradivari or Guarneri copy cousins, and provide a pleasing contrast in tonal colours, due to their higher, curved arching. This violin has the characteristic clarity and bell-like resonance of this style, along with a sense of power that many Amati models lack. A one-piece maple back has a wide, soft flame and prominent, ebony pins, which add to its visual attraction.
Start sale price: $2,650.00
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S378 Unlabelled, handmade, Chinese, early twenty first century
$ 2,700.00Despite the absence of a label, this violin is readily identifiable as a fairly faithful copy of the “Paganini Il Cannone” violin of 1742 by Guarneri del Gesu, from the long, slender, Brescian-style ‘f’ holes to the chunky scroll with its tightly carved volutes. The varnish, though attractively antiqued, is more generic, with a warm, golden orange-red colour layer and wiped edges. The maple back is in one piece, with an appealing, narrow flame. The tone is even across all four strings, and clear and strong in higher positions as well as in lower registers.
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C518 “Vuillaume à Paris”, Mirecourt, France, late nineteenth or early twentieth century
$ 2,750.00Violins made in Mirecourt’s large manufacturing workshops often share not only the uniform red-brown varnish that this instrument is finished with, but also cleanly cut edges inspired by the work of Stradivari. It is curious that this violin labelled “Vuillaume” after France’s most pre-eminent Stradivari copyist, should sport elegant, rounded edges far closer in style to Amati copies from prominent German workshops. The tone is resonant and clear, and speaks easily making this a very attractive instrument for students in the middle grades.
Start sale price: $2,750.00
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S491 “D. Soriot”, Mirecourt, France, early twentieth century
$ 3,000.00Violas labelled “D. Soriot” were part of a superior range of instruments made in the Laberte workshops in Mirecourt from the late nineteenth century onwards. This is a relatively late example and probably dates from the 1920’s. The red-brown varnish typical of Mirecourt production is here shaded slightly to simulate handling wear, giving a more lively appearance than usual. The tone is resonant and even across all four strings, with a strong bass register, given the relatively small size of this viola. At just over 15 ½”, it will suit a younger player moving into their first serious instrument.
Start sale price: $3,000.00
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B831 Jim Forrest, Auckland 2010
$ 4,000.00This by contemporary New Zealand maker Jim Forrest violin has a narrow-waisted elegancy, amber orange oil varnish and a warm sound.
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B912 3/4 size, Chinese, handmade, with hard case
$ 4,000.00This small sized cello is a good example of the better quality student instruments currently made in China. The wood of both back and belly is well selected and the fingerboard is of ebony. Comes with case.
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S510 William Zettwitz #28, New Zealand, 1916
$ 4,000.00William Zettwitz began his violin-making career in Liverpool, UK, and emigrated to New Zealand before re-establishing himself in London. His violins are loosely based on the broad, long-bodied instruments of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century Brescian School. The wide upper and lower bouts give this violin a distinctively dark, viola-like timbre, enhanced by the choice of cedar for the belly instead of the traditional spruce.
Start sale price: $4,000.00
