1895 Antonio Monzino 9 String

Antonio Monzino

$3,500

630 mm Scale, 46 mm Nut. Very Fine to Medium grain Spruce Soundboard and One Piece Maple back and sides. T frets, French Polish. Straight neck. Ebony fretboard and Pin bridge, with Original MOP Ebony pins, and Bone Saddle replacing the metal saddle and New Bone Nut, replacing the painted wood Nut. The body depth is 80 mm in the upper bout and 85 mm in the lower bout.

There are no cracks in this 120 year old instrument.

This was made by a luthier at the legendary Antonio Monzino workshop in Milan. The Antonio Monzino e Figli instrument labels began to appear in 1905 - e Figli meaning and Sons. The Monzino workshop originated in the 18th century in 1767. Address on this label: Via Rastrelli 10. This instrument was not built in the four-year period between 1888–1892, when the Monzino family worked at both addresses: Via Rastrelli and Via Orefici.

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