Shropshire Series Violin

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This J.R. Judd violin is made for us in China by the GEWA Company. The instrument features all European woods and hand varnishing. These violins are carved using German engineering and German technology using multimillion-dollar CNC machines, as well as German CAD technology on the first 31 pieces of wood that go into creating a violin. The final nine pieces of the instrument are finished here by hand at J.R. Judd Violins before we string up the instrument. Our hand work involves cambering the fingerboard, reworking the nut to the correct tolerances, using 6.2 mm spruce for the sound post and a 41.5 mm French Despiau grade C maple bridge. These final steps along with the 200-year-old French maple for the bridge help create a beautiful sounding violin