Rare Custom Made 4/4 Violin by Horst Ludwig Kloss Geigenbaumeister 2013 USA EUC

Description

This is a Very Rare
Custom, Handmade
4/4 Violin
by Horst Ludwig Kloss.
Made in 2013. It was made in Kloss' shop in Needham, Massachusetts.
The label inside reads "Horst Ludwig Kloss, Geigenbaumeister,
Needham, MA, Nr. 158, Anno 2013". See last photo for the description
and specifications of the violin by Horst L. Kloss written in 2015. I am
selling the violin for the original owner whose name I've blanked out in
the above referenced letter.
Included with the violin is a Vintage, Ob-Long, Hard Shell Jaeger violin
case, also in excellent condition. Bow not included.
Please don't hesitate contact me if you need more information or have
a specific question.
About Horst L. Kloss:
Horst L. Kloss is a Mittenwald-trained Master Violin Maker. His formal training
was at the State Bavarian School of Violin Making in Germany, where he earned
his Journeyman’s diploma in 1964 and his Master’s Degree in 1972. He also had
the privilege of training under the tutelage of Bruno Paulus from 1964 until 1965
while he was in Germany, and then under the guidance of Carl Becker, Sr. and Carl
Becker, Jr. when he came to the U.S. to work at William Lewis & Sons in Chicago.
Horst is one of fewer than 100 violin makers whose training and skills qualified him
for full membership status in the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers. He
was selected from a handful of Federation members to take part in an intensive training
at the Smithsonian on varnish restoration and conservation. He has cared for collections
of note, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts’ historic stringed instruments. Mr. Kloss
has taught violin repair, restoration and violin building at UNH’s Violin Institute since 1996.
In 1970, he established Kloss Violins in Needham, Massachusetts, now the oldest professional
violin shop in New England. There he specializes in violin making using the golden proportions
to design instruments. He also specializes in acoustic adjustment, custom instrument set-up,
repair, restoration, and appraisal of historic instruments and bows.
Please see the Item Specifics for the Condition Details and look closely at all the photos and
judge for yourself. Please contact me if you need more information or have a specific question.
Also, if you would like to see a photo(s) of a specific area, please let me know and I will provide
them to you. Thank you for looking.
This item is available for Local Pickup Only. No Shipping. It is located in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
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