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Bruce Sexauer, luthier --- 724 H Street --- Petaluma, CA 94952 --- 707-782-1044
I currently have 32 violins on
hand. Not a huge number, but every one was chosen by myself
for its particular qualities, and to fill a spot in a complete spectrum
of instruemnts for the people I have come to know as my customers.
Every single one is something to be proud of at its relative price
point. They range from just under $500 to most of $14,000; surely there
is something here for you!
August, 2016 - Bruce Sexauer
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Wojciech Topa: - Today is
April 19, 2016, and I have two Topa violins expected in the next week
or
so. One is a Guarneri model, and the other a Guadagnini. I have played
several of each type and they are profoundly different in comparison,
yet each type ihas proven consistent from one to the next over the 8
years or so I've been dealing in them.
The Guarneri is a big open sound, not unlike a Zinfindel perhaps, while the Guadagnini is less impressive perhaps at first blush, but has peerless focus and clarity, in this analogy it could be compared to a Pinot Noir, or a certain spectum of Cabernet. I will create some pictures when they arrive. I currently own the 2016 W. Topa Guadagnini model which is pictured in the link below: 2016 Topa Guadagnini |
Topa Workshop - at less than
half the cost of the Topa Master instrument, the Workshop violin
they have put in my hands works very well indeed. The tonal character
is similar; dark and bright at the same time, with excellent volume and
unimpeachable balance. $6,000 (retail) |
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2013, and liked them at the show, but getting them home I have found
they are better that I could possbly have known in that cacophany. This
one has an Oil Varnish finish with mild distressing, and the other is a
Spirit Varnish with more color and more distress. This one has the
sweeter sound, while the other is more agressive. Both sound amazingly
good, even after hours of playing nothing emerges to bother me. $1900 for this one, $1800 for the other (not pictured) |
$5000 (retail) |
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Tien Li: I have 2 of these as
I write. One is good at $1400, the
other Very Good
at $2400. Both are Guarnari pattern and distressed. They are very sweet
but are distinguished by their response, which is as good as it gets in
my experience.By response I mean the ease with which the bow
generates sound. Both of these instrument are unlikely to squawk
when asked to sound. This is an often under-rated quality.$1400 and $2400 |
 Guang Hong, 2007
This is a Chinese made "Master" violin with absolutely terrific volume and presence. I acquired it at NAMM in Anaheim CA because I could actually hear it above the cacophony. $1900 |
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| Cases: I have more cases than
violins! This is because if a violin comes in a lousy case I generally
buy a better one for it. I include a case with any violin I sell, but
if you want a better one there is good news. At the time of sale, I'll
give you any availble case (in stock or ordered special) for my actual
cost plus
ten percent. |
Pernambuco Bows: I usually
keep a few Pernambuco bows on hand and offer them at cost plus 10% at
the time that a violin is sold, or for around 75% of suggested retail
as a stand alone sale. I do the same with run of the mill carbon bows.
These are typically $200 to $350. Bows by Michael Hemken, what I play: - $3000 |
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| 1926 - Eugen Meinel
(Roth) - $4000 |
Sexauer - '04 - Big
Leaf/Italian Spruce - $5500 |
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| 1915+/- - Markneukirschen
serious effort - $2400 |
Sexauer - '03 - European
Maple//Italian spruce - $4500 |
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| 2015 - Krutz #750 - very
nice instrument! - $3400 |
Sexauer - '14 -
Local maple/Italian spruce - SOLD |
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| 1954 - John Juzek "MasterArt" 4/4 -
unplayed! 98% perfect - $3995 |
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| 2014 - Colin Wultur #7,
Guarneri, - $1900 |
Sexauer - '06 - Local
maple/Italian spruce - $2500 |
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| 2008 JI Strings - level 3,
wildly under-rated IMO - $1400 |