We found a light brown violin with a label on the inside...stardivarius model...made in japan value?????????

Question

this violin is in perfect shape hardly any scratches, bow still in perect shape even has rosin with it could be played right now....my grandpas grandpas violin.

Answer 1

If it's your grandpa's grandpa's violin, and it was made in Japan, then it's over 100 years old and it's of questionable manufacture.  If it was a master violin maker in Japan then you might have a symphony quality instrument.  But has it been played regularly in the century+ since your great^2 grandpa owned it?  Regular use is important in the maturation of a violin.

Take the thing to the best violin shop in your nearest big city--the one that the symphony orchestra string players take their instruments to for service (and if you don't know which one that is, call the symphony and ask).  They'll give you a reliable estimate.

Answer 2

take it to several reputable dealers.there are a lot of people looking just are a lot of sharks out there to.

Answer 3

It is not a valuable violin.  The real Stradivarius violins were made in Italy a few hundred years ago.  What you have is  Japanese copy with the name spelled Stradivarius and not Stradivarius.

Answer 4

I don't know if he ever went to Japan, or, if he did, that he ever made a violin there. Be interesting to find out before you go anywhere with it. If it is a real Strad, then it is priceless. Odds are, it is not. But, in your place, I would look into the above. Best wishes.