{"product_id":"antique-concert-violin-with-cincinnati-repairers-label-adolph-spicker-professionally-restored-ready-to-play","title":"Antique Concert Violin with Cincinnati Repairer's Label \"Adolph Spicker\" | Professionally Restored, Ready to Play","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome instruments simply want to be heard again, and this old violin is one of them. Carried across the Atlantic and once kept in good order by a Cincinnati dealer and repairer named Adolph Spicker, whose label still rests inside the body, it has now been professionally restored and set up by a luthier. The result is a warm, glowing antique with a deep amber to chestnut varnish, an honest patina earned over many decades, and a sound that is ready for the concert hall once more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior carries both an inscription and the original \"Dealer and Repairer, Cincinnati, Adolph Spicker\" etiquette, a charming slice of American musical history from the days when violins changed hands in the parlours and workshops of the Midwest. While the descriptive paperwork describes it as a fine old German violin, the Spicker label firmly places its working life in the United States. It comes fitted with quality ebony accessories and is strung up and ready, so a player can lift it from the case and begin straight away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a genuine antique that has lived a full life. Expect the gentle wear, varnish character and small marks that tell its story honestly, all addressed by recent professional restoration so the instrument is sound, stable and concert ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAntique full-size violin, professionally restored and set up by a luthier.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterior label of \"Dealer and Repairer, Cincinnati, Adolph Spicker\", plus an inscription inside the body.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribed in its accompanying notes as a fine old German violin; the Spicker label documents its life as an American dealer and repair instrument.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep amber to chestnut varnish with an honest, decades-old patina.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFitted with quality ebony accessories and strung up, ready to play.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSold in honest antique condition: expect age-appropriate wear, varnish character and small marks, all addressed by recent professional restoration so the instrument is stable and concert ready.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn evocative collector's instrument and a piece of trans-Atlantic musical history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e📦 Free Insured International Shipping\u003cbr\u003eThis item includes free insured worldwide shipping.\u003cbr\u003eIt will be carefully packaged by our experienced team to ensure safe arrival.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiques De Cosmutia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53237753086218,"sku":"80","price":6895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0845\/1548\/8010\/files\/IMG_6486A.jpg?v=1781907007","url":"https:\/\/decosmutia.com\/products\/antique-concert-violin-with-cincinnati-repairers-label-adolph-spicker-professionally-restored-ready-to-play","provider":"Antiques De Cosmutia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}