CONRAD GOETZ Violin #125F GS
SERIES: GOLDEN STATE
🎼 QUALITY: 125F (with a one-piece maple back)
- The finest German instrument, built in a contemporary rendition of the 20th century
- One-piece back with a fine, even flame
- Top with finely spaced annual rings
- Light yellow, lightly glossy hand varnish
- Thomastik Dominant strings
🎼 Configuration:
- The violin is fitted with Goetz's original design in black and gold
- Chinrest: Guarneri ebony chinrest with gold screws
- Pegs: ebony pegs, finely worked heart shape
- Bridge: original Aubert bridge, French model, very good quality
- Strings: every violin ships with Thomastik Dominant strings
- Thomastik Dominant strings: G-string = 133, D-string = 132, A-string = 131, E-string = 129SN
- Gold-plated Goetz precision fine tuner for the E-string
🎼 Varnish:
- Light yellow, lightly glossy varnish in the Markneukirchen tradition
- Traditional hand varnish
- Edges finished in an antique style
- Strong depth and balanced light reflection
🎼 Quality of the violin:
- What sets this violin apart is its one-piece back with an approximately 10-20° flame angle
- Beautifully spaced annual rings on the top
- Flame on neck, ribs and scroll
- The surface, including the f-holes and surrounding area, is carefully finished
- Ribs, neck and scroll finished in detail
- Purfling worked down to the smallest detail
Each violin is unique, so the wood flame may vary slightly from one instrument to the next.
Each of our instruments comes with a certificate of authenticity for that individual piece.
Information on HERITAGE and SIGNATURE Options:
We make this instrument in both HERITAGE and SIGNATURE versions.
The SIGNATURE is a lightly modernized take on our design proven over decades.
It carries every advantage of the HERITAGE option, but lighter, with improved playability and tone.
The differences in detail:
🎵 GÖTZ SIGNATURE VIOLIN
- 10-15% less weight
- optimized weight distribution
- thinner, more elegant fingerboard design
- modern scroll design
- signature f-hole design
- optimized resonance
🎵 GÖTZ HERITAGE VIOLIN
- traditional design
- powerful tone and sturdy build
- careful craftsmanship
- suited to versatile playing
- balanced tonal spectrum
Case:
- The recommended case for the GOLDEN STATE series is the BAM Hightech Contoured Model 2002XL
- BAM's three-layer hightech construction, built for minimal weight and maximum protection
- This case can be purchased as an optional add-on to the violin