Jay Haide à l’ancienne Baroque
About the violin
A Jay Haide à l’ancienne Baroque violin for sale. These violins have been hand-made and set up to exact Baroque specifications and will be popular among professional Baroque musicians as well as anyone interested in experiencing the joy of playing the music of Bach, Vivaldi and Handel as it was originally performed. They have ebony veneer on a spruce fingerboard – which is slightly shorter than on modern violins. The violin has a golden-orange varnish in a pattern simulating the patina of age found in older classic instruments.
Professionally set up with gut strings, baroque bridge and ebony fittings.
How does it sound?
A complex, colourful sound with great projection.
About Jay Haide
“Since its introduction over fifteen years ago, the à l’ancienne violins, violas, cellos and basses have become the flagship of the Jay Haide fleet. They are envied and copied by other makers, but as much as they have tried, none have come close to equaling them. Some have gone so far as to put facsimile labels of well known French and Italian makers in our instruments and selling them at much inflated prices. One of our ancienne violins even was given a certificate of authenticity from a well-known expert as an early 20th. century Italian violin with an insurance appraisal for $26,000.00! Because of this, every one of the à l’ancienne violin, viola, cello and bass now has a series of brands inside and out to deter the copyists.
The latest reproduction in the distinguished Jay Haide à l’ancienne series of fine violins is a copy of a fine Tommaso Balestrieri from the Ifshin Collection. In this marvelous reproduction we have endeavored to copy every feature and nuance of the original, from the characteristic f-holes to the arching, scroll and even the wear patterns of the varnish. Tommaso Balestrieri worked from about 1720 to 1772 in both Cremona and Mantua and is considered one of the finest Italian makers of the Golden Era.” – Jay Haide
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