I have a 10 year old son who is interested in playing the violin. I also have a very old violin that has been in the family for years but needs repair. The violin is labeled inside Jacobus Stainer in Absam, prope Oeniponium 1646.
Is this worth repairing or should I just buy him a new violin?

I personally think it would probably be worth repairing as an instrument that old will probably have a rich sound that a new instrument may lack. My Stainer is over 200 years old and has a mellow tone, while I feel that new instruments have a tighter sound. However, when you take it for repair, be sure to ask the technician`s opinion. There may be other defects that would render the instrument lacking, or that might cost too much to be worth the cost of repair. Good luck!

Certainly it`s worth asking. You can expect the cost of set up to be anything up to £250 but it could be a lot less.

Liz

Cynthia,

Whats wrong with your violin?

Hi my name is silvia
i know i have a copy of Jocobus Stainer violins but, i think that mine was made by Jacob Stainer. The label says:
Jacobus Stainer Ablam Prope Oenipontum 1705 or 06 not sure.
Is my violin worth anything?

It will be a copy. They always are. The chances of your having a violin by a renowned maker and not knowing about it are so low as to be not worth considering. Perhaps about as high as your chances of winning the national lottery (or winning it 4 weeks in a row, in the case of a strad!).

Liz

Violin copys can be worth a lot, you just never know how much. Strad copys could be worth around $1,000-5,000, I saw a strad copy on the Antique road show get appraised for about that much.

Hello,
My name is Luke and I have a Jacobus Stainer violin. Its probably a copy b/c what are the chances of a WV boy to have something like that. The label says:
Jacobus Stainer in Absam
prope Oenipontum, 1666
Neuner u. Hornsteiner in Mittenwald

Its got a solid spruce top and birdseye maple neck, back, and sides

I know Stainer lived during the 1600s and made German violins. My family emigrated over to america in the late 1600s from Germany. THis may be just a coincidence.

Email me with answers or questions @ mandolinmaniac05@aol.com

I have a violin that has a label inside reading:

Copy of Jacobus Stainer in Absam
Propre Cehipantum 1659
Made in Germany

All the spelling my not be right as the label is worn. I would like to find out who made this copy and the age of it. Any suggestions will help.

I should have described the tuning pegs on the violin. They are gears that are attached to the head and the pegs are straight back. I have never seen this kind of tuners on a violin. I am wondering if they are original to the violin.

Like guitar pegs you mean? i`ve seen them. i guess they make tuning easier at the expense of increasing the weight.

Liz

My father has a violin with a label inside and it says

jacobus stainer in absam
prope oenipontum
made in germany 1792

Does anyone have any info on these violins??????

Private web site dedicated to presenting Jacobus Stainer violins both authentic and copies .Each month the site is updated with new pictures and evaluation of the presented instrument.

http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/astrology/15/

HI, I have a stainer violin
which belong to my late husband, however stainer is
stamped on the back of violin
there is no label inside,
the violin belong to him as
a child and it was bought
second-hand. My husband was
85

Hi Luke: My name is Richard ,I am a violin maker in canada.just rececently i modernized a Neuner&Hornsteiner violin for a client.I have a web site dedicated to Jacobus Stainer .Each week i recieve manyrequest to evqaluate Stainer Violins .I particularly interest in your violin as i have numerious Pictures of this companies violins.
Hi :I would be glad to view your instrument.I do not charge
for this service as i gain from the experiance valuable information to
add to my data base of Stainer Violins both authentic and copies.
Please send the following views
1- Front full
2- Back full
3- Side view complete instrument ,showing neck angle
4- "F" holes close up
5- Scroll close up ,side and top views
6-Neck heel where it attaches to he bottom button close up
7- Labal if one exists
These photos will help in identifiying age and possible
origin .
Cordially : Richard Francis Perras
WEB SITE http://rperras.tripod.com/