CUSTOM INSTRUMENTS & RESTORATIONS
INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR SALE
There are currently several violins available for sale
VIOLIN - D. Salzar
RESTORED BY GWYNETH WILBUR
This violin was made in Mirecourt France and made for export around the 1880s.
It has a even tone overall and is pleasant to play. The wood on the top is of evenly grained spruce, the back is of one piece maple . The varnish is of gold undertones with brown overtones. Ebony fittings.
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Retail price: $2 800
Stainer 1630
RESTORED BY GWYNETH WILBUR
Full size violin.
Lovely copy of a Jacob's Stainer. German made. Even, pleasant sounding instrument. Golden/brown varnish.
Retail price: $1 500
Stainer Copy
RESTORED BY GWYNETH WILBUR
This violin is a Jacob's Stainer copy, made in Germany. It has a very pleasant, even tone. The varnish has golden undertones with reddish brown overtones. Ebony fittings.
Retail price: $1 000
Copy of Stradivarius
RESTORED BY GWYNETH WILBUR
1731, made in Japan.
Varnish is red/golden/brown in tones. Rosewood pegs. Ebony finger board. Very good instrument for a serious student. Tone is warm, even and pleasant to play.
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Retail price: $1 000
Violin - T. Belyea
RESTORED BY GWYNETH WILBUR
Made by Thomas Belyea , Saint John, NB/Boston, Massachussets, 1880.
This violin was made by T. Belyea in a luthier school in Boston Mass. The body of the instrument is quite broad with interesting/ artistic "f" holes and a beautifully flamed one piece back. The varnish is golden undertones with reddish brown overtones. Ebony fittings. The sound quality is well balanced, warm and with great projection.
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Retail price: $4 000
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COPY OF KLOZ
RESTORED BY GWYNETH WILBUR
Full size violin. Labeled Joseph Kloz Senior in Mittenwald, 1807 N:308.
It is an old violin most likely from Bohemia and not Mittenwald. Lower bout is of one piece. Brown varnish with golden undertones. Pleasant, warm voice.
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ABOUT GWYNETH
Gwyneth Wilbur has been making and servicing stringed instruments for both professional and amateur musicians across North America for over thirty years.
Having studied violin and cello in her youth in Montréal, Canada, she made her first instrument, a Viol da Gamba at Concordia University. Then, at the age of seventeen, she was accepted at the prestigious Peter Prier Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake City, Utah. She completed her apprenticeship training with Italian-trained luthier
Pierre Charette in Montréal.
To date, Gwyneth has produced many violins, violas, guitars, mandolins and other stringed instruments and has repaired and restored many more. She conducts workshops and lectures on making and maintaining stringed instruments.
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