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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 10238145, member: 55&quot;]Sorry to be a downer...but violins are not something which can be evaluated or even discussed in any useful detail online.&nbsp; Show me a photo of a Martin guitar, I&#039;ll tell you lots about it; show me a photo of a violin, no, even though I&#039;ve been fiddling for 65 years.&nbsp; &quot;looks similar to&quot; just doesn&#039;t work, for violins - they all basically look similar to anyone but an expert, and as mentioned, labels are very often fantasy, such as the millions of Stradivarius labels.</p><p>You need to take it to a violin shop, and not just any local music store.&nbsp; In the US, <a href="https://afvbm.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://afvbm.org/" rel="nofollow">American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers - American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers</a> will have a list of accredited shops.</p><p>(Most bows do have a small amount of nickel silver - generally&nbsp; not enough to be worth the work of removing and melting it)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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