VIOLIN A. BITTNER A PRAGA

Violin of the Czech school built by Alois Bittner in the mid-1900s in Prague.

Alois Bittner is a Czech luthier who wasborn in 1880 in Kral Pola, a Czech city. He was a student of Francis Angerer in Vienna, where he trained as a luthier. In 1909 he set up his own workshop in his hometown after working for different violin making workshops in Berlin, Leipzig, Munich, Dresden and Moscow. He won prizes at the International Hague Competition for his work.

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Features

• Two-piece spruce top. Wavy and quite separated grain.
• One-piece maple back. Wavy and separated grain, quite marked.
• Maple ribs, head and pegbox.
• Golden brown oranged varnish.
• Contemporary finish.

Box measures

• Box lenght - 359 mm
• Box lower maximum width - 206 mm
• Box top maximum width - 169 mm
• Minimal CC width  115 mm
• Ribs width - 29,5 mm