Hi
My grandmother has this violin with a notice in the inside-
"Jacobus Stainer, in Absam (it looks like Abfam),
prope Oenipontum, 1660"
It is surely over 70 years old - my great-grandfather bought it in the 30s in Bulgaria.Could it be original Stainer and does anyone know anything about this kind of violins ?

and some photos of the violin -


http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8084/dsc00014uk2.jpg


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