MY Music Store: Anton Schneider (New Germany Violin)

The Beauty of the Anton Schneider Germany Violin

Tonal Characteristics

	Models build after old masters from Italy, France, England, Austria and Germany
	Use of outstanding, perfectly seasonied tone wood (about 30-100 years old)
	Precise handiwork and tuning for optimal sound
	Balanced arching from the sound center to the tips
	Expertly selected and split wood for exemplary lack of tension and perfection of sound
	Handmade bridges, soaked in linseed oil, precisely fitted, made from close grained, well seasoned wood

The Set-Up

	Perfectly fitted pegs
	Carefully fitted bridges made >from selected materials
	Balanced measurements
	Correct curvature of the fingerboard (upper and lower side)
	Precise distance at nut and saddle for correct string height, width and ideal action
	Tailpiece with built in tuners, for cellos optional angled rod for better playability

The Visual Effect

	Anatomy and physiology of the instruments are copied and reproduced stylistically to the smallest detail of the old masters
	Exclusive and meticulous use of scraper before varnishing to achieve a radiant color play ofthe varnish
	Traditional processing of the flexible varnish with natural bristle, executed by a master in thin layers using an old family recipe guarantees a uniquely reflecting brilliance of finish
	You have the choice: oil or alcohol varnish, gold-yellow, gold-amber, gold-reddish or gold- brown in color, little shadowed, full varnish or imitated after Italian, French or German examples
	You decide: for a discreet orchestra beauty or for a sensational finish
	Accessories are of the finest materials including ebony, rosewood, boxwood, snakewood or olive, carefully chosen to perfectly complement your instrument
	Ebony crown, wooden nails or grafted instruments make exemplary copies of "the old masters".

Reproductions

	The copying of old master instruments has been a tradition at the Anton Schneider master workshop
	Detailed reproductions of historic models as solo, concert or baroque instruments are available

Older Instruments

We are pleased to be able to offer carefully selected fine old and used newer instruments in a perfect state of health and playability

Violins, violas and cellos of passed centuries from Germany, Italy, France, Austria, Hungary and Bohemia-Saxony await your inspection

Materials used for stringed instruments

No matter waht, a violin, viola or a cello, they are all made out of natural materials.

The hard wood maple is the basic material used as back, rips and neck of an Instrument.

Spruce is the wood responsible for resonance and sound. Therefore it´s used for the tables with the sound-holes (ff-holes), bassbars, soundposts and reinforcements such as linings and blocks.

Ebony is used for the fingerboards and besides rosewood, snakewood, olive and boxwood

you can find it as pegs, endbutton/endpin, chinrest and tailpieces.The natural resins shellac, sandarac, gum mastic, benzoin, gum-gutti are dissolvable in pure

alkohol or balm turpentine.They are put on in thin layers as varnish woth cattle- or sqirrelhair brushes.

Strings can consist of plain gut (sheep intestines), gut wound with metal (less likely to break), synthetic cor wound with metal steel wound with steel (for undersize instruments). Materials like Fernambuk or Brazilwood in addition to ebony, snakewood, mammothbone, metal (gold, silver, german silver), leather and of course hair are important in the field of bow-making.

And finally you need rosin to make the bow work.

You see some of the types of wood here as they are employed at the violin building...