Up for auction is this beautiful fine old italian masterviolin. Label inside the body is reading:

AVERNA ALFREDO

me Fecit Palermo 1924

This exceptionally beautiful and rare shaped violin is a very well crafted masterpiece, with masterly carved scroll and F-holes. This violin has a fine, warm and mellow tone with very crystalline clarity over its entire range. The wood, light in weight, provides this violin with lots of resonance and easy response. The instruments shows 3 professionally repaired cracks on the top (under chin rest, tailpiece and 2 cracks from the left F upwards) and old repair between neck and back. Please see all detailed photos below!

The table is fine grained spruce and the two-piece back, is - as well as the neck and ribs - beautiful flamed maple. The violin is ebony set up. Very interesting violin, so don´t miss out on this one! Measures: total 59,3 cm / body 35,9 cm / vibrating chord length 32,7 cm. This is private auction, the sale is final. The violin comes with an old case. I stand by my descriptions and guarantee the accuracy of my statements in this listing. I accept bank money transfer and moneybookers. Check out my other items!

Postage to U.K. and Europe is £16, in US and Canada - £37, in Asia - £47, including insurance. Good luck!

Happy bidding !