R. Kim Tipper Fine Violins
RKTV Contact Info: 1111 Esquimalt Road, Victoria, British Columbia, V9A 3N5, Canada, 250-588-1893, nomail@tipper-violins.com
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Warren Bailey, Fecit Victoria Canada 2009 Flag of Canada
A good modern violin in like-new condition
$20,000 Violin front
Asa Warren White, Boston 1874 Flag of USA
An interesting violin by a founder of the New England school of violin making. Very well repaired soundpost crack in front, otherwise near mint condition.
$15,000 Violin front
Galen Hartley, Montpellier, France, 2015 Flag of France
A Ruggeri copy from one of Canada’s most promising young makers. It has a mellow tone and bears a convincingly antiqued varnish of pale orange shaded to yellow. It is a careful copy of a Ruggeri. See www.hartleyviolins.com
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Sigisvald Hoibakke, Victoria B.C., 1960/75 Flag of Canada
A particularly fine example of the work of this fondly remembered local maker. According to the writing inside it was made in 1960 and re-varnished by the maker in 1975, the year of his death. It is virtually un-played since the re-varnishing.
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