This violin was made in Schönbach, Germany, around 1790. The instrument retains the original neck and top block of maple in one piece with a slot in the pegbox to accommodate a nut. The original bass-bar is unusually long. The instrument bears extensive repairs and retouching of the varnish. This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, two-piece back of maple cut on 45o with even medium-fine gently ascending figure, ribs of similar maple, original top block in one piece with maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and a semi-opaque dark reddish-brown varnish.