Violins

We stock a range of new and antique violins, violas and cellos, naturally weighted towards instruments made here in the workshop. The list of instruments given is not exhaustive, so if there is a particular instrument or price bracket you are looking for please don’t hesitate to call. A range of student instruments are available on order, and even if we don’t have what you’re looking for in stock we may be able either to source it, or put you in touch with someone in the violin trade that can.

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…
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
£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…
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…
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
£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…
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…
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
£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…
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…
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
£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…
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.