A mature sounding violin with focused warm tone, very reminiscent of violins with much more age.

The violin bears the facsimile label “Laurentius Storioni fecit Cremonae 1790” and on the opposite side the label “Douglas C. Cox, Brattleboro, Vermont, 2017 #945”. It is branded and initialed on the inside.

It is patterned after a violin by Lorenzo Storioni dated 1790. It is built of well aged New England grown wood. The back is cut on the quarter from two pieces of maple with shallow medium-narrow flames descending slightly from the center joint. There is a knot in the mid bass bout. The ribs and neck are of maple of deeper flame than that of the back.
The table is two pieces of spruce of mostly medium growth. The varnish is of a red-brown color over a golden ground and is shaded and imitated. The fittings are of boxwood with black trim.

Douglas Cox trained at the famed State Vocational School for Violin Making in Mittenwald, Germany. He returned to the United States to serve as the head of the repair department and chief restorer for J. Bradley Taylor, Inc. for a decade. Since 1981, Cox has devoted himself to producing high-quality violins and violas in his Brattleboro, Vermont workshop.

Cox’s background in historical instruments shaped his personal style, which combines traditional craftsmanship with contemporary ingenuity. A lifelong learner, he is particularly interested in studying unusual violins. Cox creates modern masterpieces as well as meticulous reproductions of the work of Baroque masters such as Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù. Throughout his long career, he has made over 1,000 instruments. Cox’s artistry has been recognized by the Violin Society of America, and his violins and violas grace concert stages around the world.

• Year Made – 2017 Brattleboro VT
• Labeled – Laurentis Storioni and Douglas Cox 
• Length of Back – 356mm 
• Condition – Excellent