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A few different items coming in

Elizabeth Ward antique German old stentor strunal

I have acquired (well, to be more precise, I have bid on and won) quite a few instruments from Omega Music which I will be collecting next week and then need to turn around quickly because I have pretty well cleaned myself out.   Stock includes Concertante and Westbury cellos (4/4) and 3/4 and 1/2 Primavera cellos. Plus violins including high level Strunals (3310 and 3370), a couple of antiqued Westburys, a Sinfonica, Stentor Elysia, pink rainbow 3/4 and 1/2, and a few others. All subject to checking obviously. Prices are going to be the lowest in the UK because...

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"In the white"

Elizabeth Ward Chinese German Gliga in the white

Many buyers may be unaware of the existence of instruments sold "in the white".  This doesn't mean instruments that are painted white, or that have a colourless varnish.  It is a way that instruments are sold by makers either to other makers or to dealers who are specialist enough and large enough to have their own varnishing facilities (which basically means a large enough space to hang up instruments to dry, away from anything likely to stick to the varnish (flies perhaps?!) and the time to hand brush varnish over the instrument perhaps ten times or more).  This is the...

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