You are bidding on a very fine and rare old italian 4/4 violin, labeled: Januarius Vinaccia fecit Neapoli sub signo Cremonese in Rua Catalana Anno Domini 1775 The instrument is in ready to play condition with tears, wears, small and not visible repaired cracks, grafted scroll, bushed peg-holes, new ebony fingerboard, new ebony set up, new Aubert bridge and new strings. The violin has an excellent high grained spruce of the top and two pieces back of softly flamed maple with matched ribs and scroll. Rich brown color varnish over golden ground shows an amazing wooden choice. The whole length of the violin is 590 mm and the back 356 mm. The width of the upper bouts: 164 mm; middle bouts: 110 mm; lower bouts: 203 mm. Full size. The sound is very deep, rich, powerful, suitable for soloist. Shipping by DHL or FedEx is possible and would be claimed according to your personal requirements