A good Bohemian violin labeled “Karl Hofner, Schoenbach” (present day Luby, Czech Republic). Full, warm and pure sound. The back is of two pieces of quarter sawn maple of medium flame. The top is of clear spruce of clear, medium width grain. The varnish is red-gold over a golden ground.
Karl Hofner
Born in Schonbach, Bohemia (today Luby, Czech Republic) in 1864, Karl Hofner trained early as a violinmaker. After World War Two, he moved to the well-know German violinmaking town of Bubenreuth, where he and his brothers started their firm, Karl Hofner. Later locating in Nauheim, Germany, the firm remains active to this day.
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