You`ll like the Gama. If it isn;t loud enough for you, put Evah Pirazzi strings on. Where are you getting it from, violinslover?

As for your violin label, it`s hard to tell. Looks like a trade label and may well not be from 1832 at all, it`s really not possible to tell without at least seeing pictures. if you really want to know, get a lot of good accurate pictures, upload them to a webpage and post the link on maestronet.

liz

believe me.. my violin looks 200 years old. like it`s been through A LOT. The label looks as old as the violin. its` also made out of some weird wood that is unnaturally light, sometimes carrying my case i have to check to make sure my violin is actually IN THERE because it doesn`t feel like it. I`m not sure pictures would help much because it is in poor condition, with a very dark one tone varnish. I have never seen anything like it.

Still, even poor pictures are better than none. I think at the very least you need to take one of the pegbox and scroll, the front, the back, a profile of each side and a front-on profile. If you could get a pic. of the label, that would be useful too - some can be informative.

Absolutely. No pictures, no chance of saying anything intelligent.

liz

try a karl heinlich

I would not recommend buying anything sold on ebay. I have been told that the Gliga violins sold on ebay are not finished as well as they should be. The varnish is not that great and they are sold by other companies like Eastman Strings and Howared Core company to dealers all over the country after being set up properly and having proper bridges, nuts etc. put on them, and yes, they are sold under trade names, I think that Dunov is one of them, but the ones with trade names will hold their value much better than one sold by the factory. By the way, this is not appropriate for a maker to compete with the vendors or retailers. I have tried a Dunov, and it plays very nicely for a violin in it's price range. There are other Romanian violins out there also which are made by other factories in Romania. One of them is Hora, and the EMMC factory makes them also, and then there are many independent makers there now also. I would buy a violin from a dealer who knows how to set the violins up and do the varnish properly rather from a factory. Hora is a factory also, and I know that Knilling carries some of their products, and Hora sells online also, which again, I find this inappropriate. I worked for a music store in the string department, and am also a violinist, so have some knowledge of what I am talking about.