Violin by Joseph Hill
London, 1774


Violin by Joseph Hill, London, 1774 and viola by William Smith, Sheffield, ca. 1780.

Joseph Hill was the founder of the most famous violin maker dynasty in England, whose members are active even to this very day. This violin was fashioned after the Amati-model, so cherished in England.

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updated 14.10.2007