Flamed fiddle by legendary American maker Selman ' Sol. ' E Roach 1925 violin including a select spruce top

including a select spruce top and highly flamed maple back and sides

From the Bench of Ivan Bonev

This dark petite looking violin is lightly firebraded on the top back of the violin E

and a testament to the masterful training at the VMSA

the Buckeye state

Flamed fiddle by legendary American maker Selman ' Sol. ' E Roach 1925 violin including a select spruce topExcellent example of frontier fiddle making by none other than Selman Sol. E Roach. **Clarification in the video, I mis spoke we do NOT believe this violin was re graduated but rather this violin was constructed this way origionally.** Sol. Roach in his pre1920's ish constructions had a simpler and thicker top plate graduation style, sometime in the 20's his graduations became thinner and more complex, with even better tones. So, what was meant to be