Archived Instruments

C.J.Emmett 2012
£5,000
Based on the Stradivari ‘Messiah’ model, this instrument has a soft, sweet tone.
C.J.Emmett 2013
£5,000
Based on the Stradivari ‘Messiah’ model, and the instrument judged by J. and A. Beare to be the best…
C.J.Emmett 2014
£5,000
An instrument based on the Guarneri ‘del Gesu’ ‘Cannone’ played by Paganini, retaining the shapes and large dimensions of…
C.J.Emmett 2014
£5,000
A violin based on the mid-period ‘del Gesu’ instrument known as the ‘Soil,’ its slightly smaller dimensions make it…
C.J.Emmett 2015
£5,000
A violin based on the Guarneri ‘Il Cannone’ model, with an antiqued finish and boxwood fittings.
C.J.Emmett 2016
£5,000
A new model of viola based on an instrument by Maggini, LOB 16 ¼” (412mm). Like the original it…
C.J.Emmett 2013
£5,000
An instrument made to my own design, combining the width and hence tone of a larger instrument with a…
C.J.Emmett 2011
£3,000£5,000
This instrument is modelled after the Guarneri ‘del Gesu’ ‘Soil’ of 1733. It has a stop length of 193mm…
A.J. Roberts, England, c.1916
£3,000£5,000
A small instrument with a surprisingly full and rounded tone. Labelled as made by The British Guild of Violin…
Mathias Neuner, Mittenwald, c.1870
£3,000£5,000
The label dates it to 1801, but this violin is more likely to be the work of the grandson…
C.J.Emmett 2012
£3,000£5,000
An instrument made to my own design, combining the width and hence tone of a larger instrument with a…
Thomas Simpson 1903
£3,000£5,000
An English instrument made in Handsworth, near Birmingham, with a back length of 409mm (16”).
C.J.Emmett 2011
£1,500£3,000
Stradivari ‘Cessol’ model, with a vibrant golden-orange varnish.
English c.1960
£1,500£3,000
An unlabelled English-made instrument, of good workmanship and materials, oil varnished with a small amount of natural wear and…
Mittenwald c.1860
£1,500£3,000
Labelled as an Andrea Guarneri, in truth closer to a Stradivari model. A one piece back of flamed bird’s-eye…
Jerome Thibouville-Lamy French c.1910
£1,500£3,000
A better quality French trade instrument, probably the Stradivari IV model listed in the JTL catalogue of 1912. A…
German c.1910
< £1,500
An attractively flamed two piece back. The original veneered fingerboard has been replaced with one of solid ebony.
Eastern European Stradivari copy, c.1960
< £1,500
Professionally set up with solid ebony fittings and a hand cut bridge fitted to the instrument.
Klingenthal, German c.1850
< £1,500
This instrument has a one piece back, and has been thoroughly reworked, the top plate having been rethicknessed and…
Czech Stainer copy 1930
< £1,500
A good entry-level instrument professionally set up in the workshop here.
C.J.Emmett 2012
£5,000
Based on the Stradivari ‘Messiah’ model, this instrument has a soft, sweet tone.
C.J.Emmett 2013
£5,000
Based on the Stradivari ‘Messiah’ model, and the instrument judged by J. and A. Beare to be the best…
C.J.Emmett 2014
£5,000
An instrument based on the Guarneri ‘del Gesu’ ‘Cannone’ played by Paganini, retaining the shapes and large dimensions of…
C.J.Emmett 2014
£5,000
A violin based on the mid-period ‘del Gesu’ instrument known as the ‘Soil,’ its slightly smaller dimensions make it…
C.J.Emmett 2015
£5,000
A violin based on the Guarneri ‘Il Cannone’ model, with an antiqued finish and boxwood fittings.
C.J.Emmett 2016
£5,000
A new model of viola based on an instrument by Maggini, LOB 16 ¼” (412mm). Like the original it…
C.J.Emmett 2013
£5,000
An instrument made to my own design, combining the width and hence tone of a larger instrument with a…
C.J.Emmett 2011
£3,000£5,000
This instrument is modelled after the Guarneri ‘del Gesu’ ‘Soil’ of 1733. It has a stop length of 193mm…
A.J. Roberts, England, c.1916
£3,000£5,000
A small instrument with a surprisingly full and rounded tone. Labelled as made by The British Guild of Violin…
Mathias Neuner, Mittenwald, c.1870
£3,000£5,000
The label dates it to 1801, but this violin is more likely to be the work of the grandson…
C.J.Emmett 2012
£3,000£5,000
An instrument made to my own design, combining the width and hence tone of a larger instrument with a…
Thomas Simpson 1903
£3,000£5,000
An English instrument made in Handsworth, near Birmingham, with a back length of 409mm (16”).
C.J.Emmett 2011
£1,500£3,000
Stradivari ‘Cessol’ model, with a vibrant golden-orange varnish.
English c.1960
£1,500£3,000
An unlabelled English-made instrument, of good workmanship and materials, oil varnished with a small amount of natural wear and…
Mittenwald c.1860
£1,500£3,000
Labelled as an Andrea Guarneri, in truth closer to a Stradivari model. A one piece back of flamed bird’s-eye…
Jerome Thibouville-Lamy French c.1910
£1,500£3,000
A better quality French trade instrument, probably the Stradivari IV model listed in the JTL catalogue of 1912. A…
German c.1910
< £1,500
An attractively flamed two piece back. The original veneered fingerboard has been replaced with one of solid ebony.
Eastern European Stradivari copy, c.1960
< £1,500
Professionally set up with solid ebony fittings and a hand cut bridge fitted to the instrument.
Klingenthal, German c.1850
< £1,500
This instrument has a one piece back, and has been thoroughly reworked, the top plate having been rethicknessed and…
Czech Stainer copy 1930
< £1,500
A good entry-level instrument professionally set up in the workshop here.