Violin With Case And Bow

A Lovely 3/4 Violin And The Case To Keep It In

This violin was built sometime around the early 1900's by my great granddad, in Didsbury, England. He also built the unique case that fits it perfectly, and accommodated the bow, rosin, tuning pipes and chin pad as well. Those last three items are lost now, but the violin is still with us.

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I often take this violin out to look at it, as I can't play. One day I would like to get it cleaned, restrung, and have someone play it for me. You can be sure I'll record that important event, it will be the first time in almost a century that it's been played.

Violins, like any other instrument, need to be played to feed their souls.

I'm not sure what the wood is for the violin, it could be spruce based on the color of it now. The coffin shaped case is probably pine, but it is knot free, and looks to be hand shaped.

Originally, in my childhood, it was lined with green baize, and there were little pockets shaped into it to hold all the important things to go along with it; a paper box of rosin for the bow, a set of pipes for tuning, and a black velvet cushion to raise it up off the shoulder for long term playing.

My great granddad played in a small group of himself and a piano player, with someone else doing percussion if needed, and possibly others with their own instruments as the mood struck them.

The 'Great War' was when a lot of people needed music to soothe their grief and take their minds off the terror and fear of everything war brings. Soldiers on leave or in train to go to the front would have a soul deep yearning for music they know to give them comfort.

The sound of the violin would have done this as he played for them in a hall or other venue. I wish I could have seen it, or at least have a film of it, but as far as I know, this was never done as it wasn't a thing then.

Imagine if you could go back in time and use your cell phone to video your ancestors playing music? Wouldn't that be absolutely priceless?

See more about this violin here, and the case that holds it.



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