THIS A TURN OF THE CENTURY LAST CENTURY ANTIQUE E MARTIN VIOLIN IT IS THE STRAD MODEL AND I BELIEVE DATES BETWEEN 1900 AND 1920 MOST OF THE EARLIER E MARTIN VIOLINS WERE AMATI MODELS AND THIS ONE ISNT THESE ARE VERY HIGH QUALITY VIOLINS YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD USED ON THE BACK AND THE SCROLL AND THE TOP WERE THE BEST AVAILABLE. THIS ONE HAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BACK THE SCROLL OR THE NECK VIOLIN VARNISH IS ORIGINAL AND THE TOP HAS THREE CRACKS THAT I REGLUED AND CLEATED THE INSIDE OF THE VIOLIN IS FULLY LINED AND BLOCKED THIS IS A GOOD SOUNDING VIOLIN HAS NEW PERLON STRINGS BUT NOT EXPENSIVE SO YOU MAY WANT TO TWEAK BUT IT IS PLAYABLE RIGHT NOW 20 DOLLARS TO SHIP AND THANKS FOR LOOKING