Violin by Joseph Hill

London, 1774

Catalog 27 – Violin – Joseph Hill – London, 1774

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Violin by Joseph Hill, London, 1774 and viola by William Smith, Sheffield, ca. 1780.

 

Joseph Hill was the founder of the most famous violin maker dynasty in England, whose members are active even to this very day.
This violin was fashioned after the Amati-model, so cherished in England.

 

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Upper width
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Middle width mm
Lower width mm
Rib height mm
String length mm