Cremona Maestro Special Edition Hellier Model Violin Outfit Full Size

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Cremona Maestro Special Edition Hellier Model Violin Outfit Full Size Feature

• Extra-choice, 100+ year old, hand-carved and graduated, solid Spruce top
• Deeply figured, 100+ year old, hand-carved one-piece, solid Maple back with matching sides and back
• Delicate, "Lozenge and Circle" purfling
• Outstanding edge work
• Hand-applied and rubbed oil varnish finish which gives the instrument a dark brown Dark, yellow-accented, Hill-style Boxwood fittings

At the top of Cremonas Maestro Series is a re-creation of the legendary Hellier Strad. The Hellier is the most famous of Antonio Stradivaris inlaid violins. Originally purchased by Sir Samuel Hellier in the early 18th century directly from the Master, the instrument eventually passed to Mr. H.E. Morriss, a Shanghai newspaper publisher. Fortunately, Mr. Morriss took the Hellier with him to England before World War II; after World War II, Morriss saw all of his Shanghai possessions confiscated by the revolutionary functionaries of Mao Zedong and put on display as plunder. The original Hellier is presently in the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.

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