This is a professional level violin by Beijing violinmaker Wang Wenqing, who is a well respected maker within China. His signature violin models are the slightly higher archings, giving the violin an extra resonance. The result is a powerful violin with a nice full voice. High quality ebony fittings are used. The violin is oil [...]
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Ning & Ivanov is the result of violinmaking collaboration between a Chinese Violinmaker and a Russian Violinmaker. I believe this is the first and only available workshop that is working so close together. Russian violinmaking has a long history, earlier that even many European countries. There are some unique styles in the construction of the [...]
Ning & Ivanov is the result of violinmaking collaboration between a Chinese Violinmaker and a Russian Violinmaker. I believe this is the first and only available workshop that is working so close together. Russian violinmaking has a long history, earlier that even many European countries. There are some unique styles in the construction of the [...]
This violin is a good quality 5-strings violin. It has a beautiful finish. The grains of the spruce top is fine grain, with good consistency. The maple chosen is a beautiful two piece back, with a good visibility into the wood grains. You can see the close-ups in the other photos. The sides, neck and [...]
This violin is inspired by Stainer’s Lionhead Masterpiece violin. We’ve made the scroll head as close to the original version as possible. For this model, we chose good quality spruce and fine maple. Matching scroll makes the handcrafed lionhead even more beautiful. The grains of the spruce top is fine grain, with good consistency. Playing [...]
Here is a masterpiece in craftsmanship demonstrated by the intricate decorations in the violin scroll, inspired by gothic architecture. This violin is not simply an artwork, it is a real violin with a nice rich tone. Tonewise, I have worked with this workshop for a long, long time. Their quality in tone has been very [...]
This violin has a unique greenish-brown varnish on pale yellow ground. As a good level violin, this violin is made to achieve a tone on the rich side, with especially good high registers. A good medium flamed maple back is chosen, with good visibility in t he grain structure. The top spruce is very straight [...]
