On 16.08.2006 Owain Sutton wrote:
Visible wear on the fingerboard?  Certainly possible to see in a
photograph if, for example, rosin has been allowed to build up on the
remainder of its length.


Well, depending on the age of the violin it only really tells you about the last few years. Rosin builds up in weeks. If the violin is older than a few years the rosin doesn't tell you much. Sometimes real treasures hide underneath thick layers of dirt and rosin... not very often, though.

Johannes
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