A French violin by Georges Apparut, 1927

The violin is exceptionally well crafted, with an eye for the finer details of classical Italian making, especially the inlay and edgework which are expertly made.

Tonally it is very refined, with a full bodied lower end to the sound and a sweet, golden upper register. With Pirastro Evah Pirazzi Gold G, D & A strings and a Warchal Amber Forte E, it excels across the board.

Aside from his Atelier production, always in good taste and well crafted where workmanship, choice of wood, and sound qualities are concerned, one also finds instruments of superior quality generally made in copy, some of them on a personal model. Joseph Guarneri, Jean Baptiste Guadagnini, and Georges Klotz are a few of the makers who directly inspired the work of Georges Apparut.

Georges Apparut gained an especially great reputation for the instruments he crafted to evoke antiqued or aged looks, and won several honours and awards during his career, including silver and gold medals at international exhibitio

Certification: Comes with a certificate by Ruschil & Bailly.