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Possibly a G A Gotz - Hopf violin, made in Wernitzgrun Marknuekirchen and

Jul 4, 2024 - 3:10:28 PM
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yoyogogo

New Zealand

59 posts since 1/9/2024

I know its fake hopf, but Gotz seems to be quite a reputable brand, and their bow seems quite expensive. not sure if this is a Gotz bow or now. Asking for around $1100USD. 

Any thoughts please and if you think its worth getting?








Jul 5, 2024 - 8:54:38 AM

1660 posts since 3/1/2020
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The overall condition is good and the retail price is not unreasonable. It’s a bit more commercial but it has good “bones” and will serve well for an intermediate player.

Jul 5, 2024 - 7:33:14 PM

953 posts since 6/11/2019

The body (fat-bellied Stainer or something?) and scroll look nice, but the neck looks too wide for my taste. Maybe it's just the picture, or that horrible peg setup against it. It looks like a good candidate for Wittner geared pegs to fix that. I would personally want to replace the tailpiece and the chinrest, also, but that doesn't cost much.

As always, it really just depends on how you think it plays under your fingers.

I'm afraid I have no comment on the bow.

Jul 6, 2024 - 10:30:46 AM
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6753 posts since 9/26/2008

I don't get how anyone can expect an opinion based on these few photos. I'd certainly not post pictures of a guitar and think, anyone with experience can look at these and tell me if it's a good guitar. Same with pretty much any instrument that doesn't have decades of branding behind it (like Gibson or Martin which have a certain consistency while still being variable). Maybe I'm missing something about how one evaluates a violin from afar?

Looks pretty enough, but I have pretty violins that are crap, even after a great set up makes them play like butter. A good set up does not make an instrument good, it just makes it better playing than without a proper setup. Maybe the label is real and thus the maker is known? Maybe.

Edited by - ChickenMan on 07/06/2024 10:32:52

Jul 6, 2024 - 11:51:14 AM

gapbob

USA

911 posts since 4/20/2008

Did not you just buy another fiddle? How many you going to buy?

Jul 6, 2024 - 1:43:37 PM

yoyogogo

New Zealand

59 posts since 1/9/2024

I have been brave enough to buy 3 but sold 1 now.

I'm just trying to improve my knowledge so that I habe more confidence to buy a good violin when it becomes available.

The two that I kept are beautiful sounding. Though I feel holding and playing and buying old violins are becoming addictive.

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