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Markneukirchen Violin, Arno Erwin Hendel, C.1920

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Markneukirchen Violin, c. 1920-30, by Arno Erwin Hendel, labeled inside "ARNO HENDEL, MARKNEUKIRCHEN, MADE IN GERMANY, COPY OF ANTONIUS STRADIUARUIUS", length of one-piece narrow curl back 14 3/16", with case and bow and some small parts. Crack in violin front and significant wear, bow as is. (3 pieces total). Arno Erwin Hendel was trained and worked in Markneukirchen,Germany. During World War I, Hendel worked in a French violin making shop. When he returned to Germany, he had learned the French techniques of violin making, and his German work shows the melding of both techniques.

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