Violins and Violinists

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FORENSIC CASEBOOK: A Storioni label that almost had us fooled.

Recently I was asked to take another look at a violin I have known for many years. It has the outward...

FORENSIC CASEBOOK: Alternatives to UV photography to illustrate varnish restoration.

Ultra Violet light reflects off the surface coatings of an instrument, which is normally very helpful for...

FORENSIC CASEBOOK: Crack repairs covered by a varnish that becomes opaque under ultraviolet light.

The violin in question was made by John Frederick (II) Lott (b.1804, d.1870). He is known as Jack Lott to...

FORENSIC CASEBOOK: Detecting half-tone lithography on an obscured label.

Recently a colleague brought to us a German nineteenth century violin with a manuscript label written in...

FORENSIC CASEBOOK: High levels of carbon in printer’s ink illuminated through the back of a violin

Violin by Jack Lott, c.1860 Of interest, we can see that the printer’s ink used to make the copy of a...

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