Stradivarius violin question?

Labels like that were stuck in hundreds of thousands of factory instruments in the late 19th and 20th centuries. If it were mine I'd donate it to a school music program.

EDIT: If that's stamped in the wood, it's definitely a cheap factory instrument.

First off, sorry to disappoint you, but its NOT a genuine Stradivarius violin.

Antonio Stradivarius died in 1737, so if your husband's instrument is dated 1761 on the label, we know he didn't make that instrument.

And all of the surviving violins made by Antonio Stradivarius have long been accounted for and their current whereabouts are known to violin experts.

Many, many thousands of copies of Stradivarius violins, built on the same patterns and dimensions as genuine Strads, have been manufactured by violin makers over the last couple of centuries. Some of these Strad copies are very good, high-quality instruments made by highly respected violin builders. The great majority of them, however, are inexpensive student-grade instruments mass-produced in factories long after the date on the label. Chances are, your husband's violin is more likely to be one of the cheaper, factory-made ones, not worth a whole lot of money.

However, without seeing and hearing the violin, there's no way to know how good it is, what kind of condition its in, or how much it might be worth. Take it to a reputable violin shop and get it appraised.

Do you have ANY IDEA just how many times this same question gets asked on here? They are ll in the archives and the answers are always the same.. IT'S A FAKE.. there were THOUSANDS of those things made and sold back in the 1930's and 1940s ..

It MAY be worth as much as $200, depending on how it SOUNDS. If it was REAL it could bring something just South of one Million dollars.. BUT IT'S NOT REAL.

This is a copy - not real. They ALL have *tribute* labels in them. ALL of them. Take it to a music shop and they will give you an estimate on its value for insurance. To get that in writing, there is a fee.

its not genuine at all.