Laberte

Laberte Workshop Violin, Mirecourt, c.1920, 3/4

Name: Laberte Workshop Violin, Mirecourt, c.1920, 3/4
Brand: Laberte
SKU: F1S4736A
Price: 3500.0 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)

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SKU: F1S4736A

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A well-made 3/4 French violin from the Laberte Workshop, modeled on a J. B. Guadagnini pattern.

Labelled:
Joannes Baptista Guadaguini
Cremonensis fecit Taurini C.L.G.
alumuns Antoni Stradivarit 1381

Back Length: 337mm
Upper Bout: 157mm
Center Bout: 117mm
Lower Bout: 193mm

The back is of two pieces of maple cut on the quarter of medium width flaming extending laterally from the center joint. The ribs and scroll are of similar maple. The top is of two pieces of spruce cut on the quarter of fine width grain widening slightly at the flanks. The varnish is brown-orange over a golden ground.

Wonderful 3/4 Instrument

Small-handed adult violinist for 32 years here. I just finished an in-home trial of this specific violin and enjoyed the experience. It's beautiful and aged well, very well set up, and it appears and sounds nicely maintained and in no need of extra service. They held it from immediately shipping to reglue the fingerboard, and I appreciate the vigilance on that. The violin arrived set up with a Wittner Ultra fine tuner tailpiece. The sound was clear and louder than I expected from a 3/4. I compared it side by side with a Lamberti Master Series 3/4 which was just slightly fuller in its volume, and both had equal clarity and response with slightly different character in their sounds; this Laberte had more ringing and openness to high notes, and the Lamberti Masters was a little more throaty in the low registers. Nice vintage violin.