several violins ready to play (New Marston OX3)

Two full size violins ready to play; a ⅞ and a ¾ will be ready soon. I’m restoring violins that are not valuable enough to be worth the expensive attention of a professional luthier (see my WANTED) and get them back into circulation. As I have received 4 instruments through freegle so far, I am now giving away 4 this way (not necessarily the same ones). These are now “good enough for folk”, ie perfectly playable and sound reasonably good to me when I play folk or easy classical music on them. Anybody who would like to try them will be welcome to drop by and have a go. Each has its historic case, two have a shoulder rest. I can also offer bows as needed, plus rosin, and have one modern (polystyrene) case that offers more protection than the old cases (also a rescue/repair to give away). Photos show the two full size violins, the darker coloured one is from the 1960s, and the lighter one from 1991, both Chinese but not as bad as you might expect.

       
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