1899 CARL STORIONI 4/4 VIOLIN Markneukirchen/Rieger & Fiorini Germany ANTIQUE
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:9358 | Size: 4/4 |
| Type: Acoustic | Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany |
| Brand: Reiger & Fiorini / Markneukirchen | Exact Year: 1899 |
antique Violin with a label reading: 'Carl Storioni - Cremonensis, Faciebat 1899' -- not Italian but a German violin from 1899 -- 'Carl Storioni' was either an 'inhouse' brand for the great violinmakers of Rieger and Fiorini, or one of the Markneukirchen makers -- regardless this is made with some beautiful and choice pieces of wood with a simple and nearly perfect workmanship -- this instrument measures 23 1/4 in. (59cm) length overall; the body is ...14 in. (36cm) long and 6 3/8 in. (16.5cm) and 8 in. (24cm) across the bouts --
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-- moderate handling wear -- no peg/tailpiece/bridge/strings -- saddle does not look original -- top plate is unglueing from the ribs near the saddle, so sold for restoration --
information about this maker from the Blackburn Stringed Instruments site: "Ref: 199 Type: Violin Maker: Markneukirchen School Origin: German Year: c.1900 Back length: 355mm Status: Sold or on approval
Bearing a printed label CARLO STORIONI, CREMONENSIS, FACIEBAT followed by the date, these violins have been misrepresented over the decades. Many people have thought that they were buying the genuine, Italian article. There were several sold at auction which fetched excessive prices, indicating that the Italian myth still persisted.
Several experts over the decades thought that they were the product of the famous Munich workshop of Rieger and Fiorini, probably because of the refined craftsmanship of the instruments. In fact, they are probably the product of a superb Markneukirchen workshop, who distributed them entirely to a British concern, who subsequently inserted their 'registered' label."
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-- moderate handling wear -- no peg/tailpiece/bridge/strings -- saddle does not look original -- top plate is unglueing from the ribs near the saddle, so sold for restoration --
information about this maker from the Blackburn Stringed Instruments site: "Ref: 199 Type: Violin Maker: Markneukirchen School Origin: German Year: c.1900 Back length: 355mm Status: Sold or on approval
Bearing a printed label CARLO STORIONI, CREMONENSIS, FACIEBAT followed by the date, these violins have been misrepresented over the decades. Many people have thought that they were buying the genuine, Italian article. There were several sold at auction which fetched excessive prices, indicating that the Italian myth still persisted.
Several experts over the decades thought that they were the product of the famous Munich workshop of Rieger and Fiorini, probably because of the refined craftsmanship of the instruments. In fact, they are probably the product of a superb Markneukirchen workshop, who distributed them entirely to a British concern, who subsequently inserted their 'registered' label."
-- we are always listing interesting items of Art & History --
-- ***** --
Free Local pick-up is an option. Out-of-country buyers are welcome, but overseas shipping is more.
Each week we post a number of interesting items that have been purchased from Oregon Estate Sales-shipping can be recalculated and combined with multiple purchases-please let me do the calculating for combined shipments before paying. Thank you for visiting our site.
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