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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3280
Total number of notes:61432

3255.0. "Appraisal for a violin? Where??? Looking for ideas." by WEDOIT::ABATELLI () Fri Feb 21 1997 11:06

    
    I have a very old violin that I'd like to get appraised. Anyone have 
    a clue on where I should take it in the So. New Hampshire, Boston area?
    I'm looking for someone who "knows" violins.
    
    Any clue?
    
    	Thanks in advance,
                           Fred
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3255.1BUSY::SLABEnjoy what you doFri Feb 21 1997 11:105
    
    	Bow knows violins.
    
    	[Sorry, it had to be said, and why not by me?]
    
3255.356744::HARMONPaul Harmon, ACMSxp EngineeringFri Feb 21 1997 12:089
    re: .0
    
    My wife (a violinist and violin teacher) suggested Shannon Strings
    (a repair shop) in Concord if you want an actual professional appraisal.
    This would probably cost somewhere between $30-$50 or a % of the
    appraised value of the instrument - she wasn't sure exactly how they
    charge.
    
    Paul
3255.4NPSS::PEPEFri Feb 21 1997 12:374
    Both Rayburn Music and Boston String Instruments - both on Huntington Ave.
    Boston - across the street from NEC.
    
    -RP-
3255.5SMURF::PBECKPaul BeckFri Feb 21 1997 15:514
    re .3
    
    Since the request was for either So. NH or E. MA, saying "Concord"
    doesn't exactly answer the question of _which_ Concord...
3255.656724::HARMONPaul Harmon, ACMSxp EngineeringMon Feb 24 1997 06:345
    re: -1
    
    Oops...I meant Concord, MA.
    
    Paul
3255.7WEDOIT::ABATELLIMon Feb 24 1997 12:398
    Thanks! I'll contact both places and go from there.
    
    
    Thanks again,
    		  Fred
    
    
    P.S. Thanks for your reply too Jimbo!
3255.8call SkinnersAXIS::CLENDENINMon Feb 24 1997 13:396
    Skinner's on RTE117 in Stow is the world's leading authority on
    antiquity in general. They also appraise old and rare instruments.
    They advertise in every world renown magazine on antiquities and
    in addition they are auctioneers for these items. I brought an old
    violin and mandolin there once and they were very thorough on the
    history and current value. Call em