A fine example from the esteemed workshop of Ernst Heinrich Roth during the shop's Golden Era of making, this violin based on a 'del Gesu' provides rich overtones and a soft, but warm sound.

Labelled:

Ernst Heinrich Roth
Markneukirchen I/S
anno 1923
Copie: Guarnerius del Gesu

Back Length: 357mm
Upper Bout: 164mm
Center Bout: 114mm
Lower Bout: 203mm

The back is of two pieces of maple cut on the quarter of narrow width flame descending from the center joint. The ribs and scroll are of similar maple. The top is of two pieces of spruce cut on the quarter of fine width grain widening slightly at the flanks. The varnish is red-orange over a golden ground.