violin matters

Stolen centuries-old violin found in LA Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN - Apr 22, 2005
... The violin was crafted in 1742 by Sanctus Seraphin, the top violin maker of his time in Venice, Italy. It is considered several ...

Vanessa Mae, Opera House Sydney Morning Herald (subscription), Australia - Apr 11, 2005
... team. If this was the Guadagnini mentioned on her website, what a crime to obliterate the distinctiveness of a great violin-maker. ...

Still (for over ten years) thinking, what fine violin really means.

Every violin maker surely wants to create only fine violins. But to do that it is necessary to know the difference.

So, I read books, searched internet...

Regretfully, I found no exact definition.

But I find out some sugestions, that violin maker still can create a fine violin.

Isn't it nice?

Ces, http://www.kulviolins.com

PS   More details - in my article "Fine violin"

A classical task: Retired NDSU professor enjoys creating intricate ... In-Forum (subscription), ND - Mar 31, 2005
... A never-finished violin made by that grandfather - it was completed by Brunton's ... a cheap classical guitar and took flamenco guitar lessons from its maker. ...

Creating sweet music for turkeys Orlando Sentinel (subscription), FL - Mar 26, 2005
If Scott Basehore [pronounced Bayshore] had been born in the late 17th century, he'd probably have given Italian violin maker Antonio Stradivari some cutting ...