Opera Guarnerius Cannone Violin (Master Level)

• Author: jehpin
• Filed under: Master Level, Violin
• Date: Feb 18,2008

Description
This is a reproduction of the Guarneri del Gesu’s Cannone violin in 1742 by my maker Dan Sun, a small workshop in Beijing. This violin is also called the Cannon violin by some. The most outstanding feature of this violin is the antiquating techniques and the impressive cracked marks. It is oil varnished, and the varnish is made by one of our client-luthier-supplier in Italy. Even we do not know the exact formula. But we are blessed because of its easy availability to us.

The tone is nicely balanced on all 4 strings and responsive. With its good projection, this violin is suitable for solo performances.

We used aged Austrian Spruce and Bosnian Maple for this top level violin. This master level violin achieves many highs in terms of tone. A wonderfully warm, mellow tone, and with the sophistication in tone you would find in an old violin. And the trademark balanced tone evident in all Opera violins. This particular violin is a very fine top quality violin. You can tell that the craftmanship is excellent in all ways. I particularly like the peg workmanship.

This violin is a no nonsense oil-varnished violin suitable for most professionals. Antiquated slightly for that fine touch, it is a violin with a lot of charisma. The market value for this violin easily exceeds USD3000.

Aged all European wood, Italian made varnish, German violin making high standards, exquisite Chinese craftmanship. This violin represents the combination of the best.

This model has been updated in 2009 and is available in various woods:

• Austrian Spruce and Bosnian Maple (highest level)
• Austrian Spruce and Chinese Maple
• Carpathian Spruce and Chinese Maple

Options:

• If you want this violin to be made with Strad body, it is also possible. But this is not a commonly stocked item so contact me for bookings.
• Red colour or yellow varnish.  See photos below.
• With or without crack marks. Below are 2 violins to illustrate this.
• Boxwood are used as default fittings. Other fittings upon request.

Violas
Also available in violas 15-17 inches.

For bookings at the workshop, just drop me an email. Only a limited number of violins will be made each year.

And yellow, without the crack marks like below. #1305.