Just in is an exceptional and glamorous violin by Paul Bailly of 1900. The setting-up has nearly been completed, and the price is likely to be £13,000. Also I have violins by Jean Striebig and Claude Chevrier.

French violins

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Joseph Hel, Lille, 1886

£17,500

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Caressa & Francais, Paris, 1914

£15,000

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Ref:1160

Mougenot, Mirecourt, circa 1920

£5,000

Ref:1478A

Chevrier

£4,250

Ref:1601A

Jean Striebig, Mirecourt, 1937

£3,800

Ref:172A

Olivier Marissal, 1933

£3,800

Ref:199

Mougenot, Mirecourt, circa 1920

£3,800

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Mougenot school, circa 1925

£3,400

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J.B.Colin, Mirecourt 1901

£2,200

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French, labelled Chipot-Vuillaume, late 19^th Century

£2,200

Ref:283

Mirecourt, late 19^th Century

£2,100

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Mirecourt School, late 19^th Century

£2,000

Ref:554

French, Jombar workshop, Paris 1934

£1,900

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French violin

£1,900

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Mirecourt, late 19^th Century

£1,700

Ref:412H

Mirecourt School, late 19^thC.,labelled L.Bernadel

£1,650

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Mirecourt violin, mid 19^thC., Le Marquis de l'air

£1,450

Ref:1012

Mirecourt violin, c.1910, Guarneri model

£1,350

Ref:572

French violin

£1,300

Ref:217

French violin

£1,250

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Mirecourt violin, circa 1880

£1,100

Ref:1133

French violin, circa 1910

£980

Ref:470C

French violin

£875

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French violin

£840

Ref:1227

Mirecourt violin

£780

Ref:938

French violin

£650

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Bernard Simon Fendt, London, circa 1810, with Beare certificate

£27,000

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Tobin/Arthur Betts school, London, circa 1840

£18,500

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Bela Szepessy, London, 1919

£13,000

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Lockey Hill, London, circa 1770

£8,000

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Hart, London, 1899

£3,500

Ref:317

Fendt School, London, circa 1840

£4,200

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John Martin, 1880

£2,600

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Cahusac, London, 1786

£2,500

German violins

Ref:1479

Grigori Ferdinand Wenger, Augsburg, 1762, in almost perfect state

£8,500

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Nurnberg School, 18th Century,

£3,500

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Neuner & Hornsteiner, 1879

£1,650

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Dresden school, circa 1930

£1,600

Ref:212B

Berlin school, labelled Ruggieri

£1,550

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German

£1,275

Ref:1039H

Dresden, circa 1920

£960

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German, labelled Muncher, 1940

£940

Ref:546

Saxon school, circa 1920

£750

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Gewa

£580 + VAT

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Schlesinger

£550

Other nationality violins

I'm excited about a beautiful Italian violin dating from the middle of the 18th Century that has just been restored. It is the property of a retired player, and is supposed to be by Camilli. I am unhappy to attribute it quite so accurately - there is only one peg in the back, instead of two, but it is still a glamorous thing, with a one-piece slab-cut back. I am prepared to guarantee it is Italian and mid-18th Century. The sound is exceptional. It's £25,000.

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Giovanni Gaida, 1933

£12,000

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Venetian, 18th Century

£11,500

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Irish, by Perry & Wilkinson, 1773

£9,000

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Andreas Renisto

£7,500

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Aristide Cavalli, Cremona, 1923

£5,800

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Dutch 18^th Century. A gorgeous-sounding instrument, with a very plain yellow back and whalebone purfling. It looks like something from a Dutch still life painting.

£9,500

Ref:1544

Irish, by Perry & Wilkinson, 1815

£5,500

Small, Half & Three-Quarter Size Violins

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¾ 19^th Century

£1,200

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 violin 13"

£950

Ref:412K

 violin 13"

£950

Ref:400I

¾ violin

£600

Ref:RW-A

¾ violin

£550

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¾ violin

£300

Ref:634

¾ Mirecourt violin

£240

Ref:400G

½ size violin (12¼")

£400

Ref:538D

¾ violin

£250

Ref:400B2

½ size violin

£335

Ref:774E

¼ size violin

£175

Ref:981

size violin

£130

Ref:461C

size violin

£175

Ref:668

size violin

£700

Viola players are difficult to please - no two players ever seem to want the same length instrument, or if they do, they want different widths and rib depths and so on. A list is therefore meaningless - it cannot possibly convey enough information to help a potential player. However my stock is changing all the time, of course. It is best to phone and let me know the kind of thing you are looking for. I'll be able to tell you if I have anything suitable. At the moment (January 12th 2010) I have a beautiful small-but-sounds-wonderful viola by James & Henry Banks of Salisbury, dated 1808. The back is only 15 3/8 long. Despite its beauty, the last two hundred years have taken their toll, for it has repairs to the neck block and to a soundpost crack in the back. So it would suit someone who has always longed for a good named instrument but who never thought they could afford one.

I have a few new violas, including a beautiful instrument, just over 16 inches, by Michaela Wedemeyer at £5,500, and two others by Philip Walters. Of course I have several 19th Century German and French violas too.

My best cello is by Thomas Kennedy. It is of standard size, with a back length of29 7/16 in. (749mm.) It is an extraordinary find, having been stored for very many years. It has its original label, and sounds very well. £42,000.

An interesting smallish Saxon cello, dating from the late 18th Century, is available as of Feb 21st 2010. I wrote a blog about this, and images of it can be seen in that bit of my website.

I have a very small (only 28in long, and narrow) 18th Century French cello in frankly poor condition at £2,500, two more nineteenth century French cellos and five nineteenth Century German cellos ranging from £2,500 to £6,800. I have a wonderful instrument by Paul Bailly, 1893. This cello, in wonderful condition, was Bailly's very first made in England, and is numbered 1. It has had only two owners from new. The last time it was sold was in 1950, and that was by the well-know English maker, Arthur Richardson. His original letter accompanies the instrument.

I have thirteen new instruments of varying qualities ranging from around £1,500 to £6,800.