Excellent example of frontier fiddle making by none other than Selman Sol. E Roach.
**Clarification in the video, I mis-spoke - we do NOT believe this violin was re-graduated - but rather this violin was constructed this way origionally.**
Sol. Roach in his pre1920's-ish constructions had a simpler and thicker top plate graduation style, sometime in the 20's his graduations became thinner and more complex, with even better tones. So, what was meant to be said is: this violin has his new and better graduation techniques compared to his older violins. In fact he did on some of his earlier models go back and re-graduate some of those, as outlined and documented in the online book.
I encourage you to read more about this legendary historical man, violin maker, gun smith, hunter, father and family man. You can read about this maker's life at:
SolRoachViolinHistory.com - truly fascinating and interesting window to the past.
This is an amazing playing violin / fiddle.
It's being listed at the value it's worth to me, and its rarity. I understand only about 30 known surviving examples by his hand exist today. This is a later example in his career when his skill and plate shaping is at its peak.
It's apparent it's Sol's hand, his label, and style in some of his later fiddles. He seems to have 2 distinct styles, one with the flared exaggerated pionted f-hole wings, and this style which showed up later in his violin making days. There are a few similar styles represented on the family's webiste above.
This fiddle sounds amazing - on par with true master/professional violins, and is a joy to simply view and hold.
Comes case and new bow shown in photos.
We hope you enjoy the sound of living history!
360 view on YouTube:
youtu.be/CvsT7O4Gzss
Classical violinist demo:
https://youtu.be/Q1g8fj1rnc0
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Recording info:
These recordings are done with a iPhone 13 mini, no special microphone, no post sound modification, just recorded on the phone and uploaded to YouTube!
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Thank you for checking it out, and Play on my friends!
