08/24/2026
On the bench
Have recently acquired some violins and these are a Stradivarius copy.
The United States patent office required all violin makers starting in 1910 to signify that their violin is a copy.
As you can see with these, it does not say "copy of"
This tells me that they are around the late 1890s to 1900 to 1909
The one on the right or top has a Sweet sound the other one has a bright warm sound
