VINTAGE BALESTRIERI VN 4/4 ADJ

Höfner Vintage Series violin, 4/4 size. Höfner's best makers select each piece of maple and spruce from their oldest stock of tonewood, air-dried for decades. Balestrieri model. Built on a 1755 example by Tommaso Balestrieri (c.1735-1790). Influenced somewhat by the Cremonese school by way of Pietro Guarneri and Camilli, he is regarded as one of the great makers in Mantua. Includes ebony Parisian eye pegs and endbutton, Despiau ''A'' level French bridge, ebony tailpiece with E tuner, Guarneri model ebony chinrest, and Pirastro Evah Pirazzi Gold strings (silver G, loop end E)