1806 Mathias Hornsteiner violin from the best of the Hornsteiner family of violin makers
This Mathias Hornsteiner violin is dated 1806, Excellent condition, no repairs. Beautiful wood selection – single piece highly flamed back, evenly spaced spruce top. Original label. Wear consistent with age. Set up with new pegs, sound post, bridge and tailpiece, new Dominant strings. Strong, resonant violin. A very nice 200+ year old German violin.
Back: 356mm full size
Retail $12,000 $8,500
Henley: Mathias Hornsteiner II. Worked at Mittenwald, 1760-1808. Best and most celebrated of the entire family. Amatese-Stradivarian outline, rather attractive. Generally of medium arching, giving the typical Tyrolean appearance. Three shades of varnish – pale golden-yellow, dark golden-brown, and a reddish-brown; but of excellent texture.
