>>9580725>SAA>>9580719Coincidentally, I'm regathering Kinos and have way way too many. She's just so damn pretty.
>>9580727Huh, I would have assumed someone would want to print a name or maker in some small way but I guess people viewd them as interchangeable? You can't see the signature on the inside?
>but he wasn't the maker, just the seller. the actual maker was likely some unnamed czech or slovakian that he bought it fromStrange
>violins are heavily varnished and since they don't experience a lot of wear and tear on the wood they last a long time without doing much. if i see something wrong with it i take it to a lutierI don't think I'd ever dedicated the term for the craftsman into mind, thank you. Surely the strings wear quite quickly? Is the cat guts thing true?
>roughly a grand is what my parents bought it for iirc, it's the cheapest of all sibling violins thoughWow, is that normal?
Can you tell a difference in craftsmanship between the the old and new in any way?