real or copy stradiuarius violin
By savvey
@savvey (1)
June 20, 2006 2:02pm CST
have you ever seen a copy of a stradiuarius violin with cremona engraved in the wood on back below ?neck
2 responses
@black_halo (20)
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20 Jun 06
Unlikely to be real. Virtually all genuine Stradivari that are known to still exist are accounted for. The word Cremona is the city where Stradivari lived and thousands of copies have this word on the label. Still, it might be a good Violin and may even be valuable, and there is a slight chance that its a real Strad. I would take the instrument to someone knowledgable about stringed instruments and get their input.
