Alois Stangel Mittenwald, circa 1780
Little is known about this maker, who is generally assigned to the Hornsteiner school of violin making. His instruments feature clean, narrow edging. His scrolls often have a hooked final turn at the center of the eye. And he usually cut a semi-circular gouge into the top of his peg boxes. In addition to selling instruments with his own label, Stangel made instruments for other workshops in the region, including the Neuners. These instruments typically carried the label of the shops that commissioned them.
This violin expresses Stangel's skilled craftsmanship with its petite and rounded outline, finely set purfling, and Stainer-inspired f-holes. The scroll features Stangel's uniquely elongated final cut at the center of the spiral and a circular gouge cut into the top of the pegbox. The varnish is a rich orange brown over a spectacular amber ground.
The wood is especially striking. The spruce has incredibly fine grain, and the back has a narrow and handsome figure that descends toward the flanks.
Little is known about this maker, who is generally assigned to the Hornsteiner school of violin making. His instruments feature clean, narrow edging. His scrolls often have a hooked final turn at the center of the eye. And he usually cut a semi-circular gouge into the top of his peg boxes. In addition to selling instruments with his own label, Stangel made instruments for other workshops in the region, including the Neuners. These instruments typically carried the label of the shops that commissioned them.
This violin expresses Stangel's skilled craftsmanship with its petite and rounded outline, finely set purfling, and Stainer-inspired f-holes. The scroll features Stangel's uniquely elongated final cut at the center of the spiral and a circular gouge cut into the top of the pegbox. The varnish is a rich orange brown over a spectacular amber ground.
The wood is especially striking. The spruce has incredibly fine grain, and the back has a narrow and handsome figure that descends toward the flanks.