OLD ANTIQUE VIOLIN GERMAN JOSEPH KIEGER 1824 NEEDS REPAIR FLAMED SOLID BACK

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UP FOR AUCTION IS THIS VERY OLD GERMAN VIOLIN - I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT VIOLINS SO FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS - HAS A FLAMED BACK AND SOLID PIECE BACK - IN NEED OF SOME REPAIRS -  SOMEONE ALONG THE WAY HAS MADE AN ATTEMPT  AT A REPAIR -  THERE ARE TWO CRACKS ON THE FACE NOTICEABLE AND ONE DOWN THE BACK THAT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN SEALED = THE BACK IS STARTING TO COME LOOSE AT THE BOTTOM SEAM - THE BRIDGE IS BROKEN AND NEEDS REPLACING -  THERE IS A BOW AND IT IS MARKED BUT I CANNOT READ THE MAKERS NAME NEEDS REPAIR
IT IS MARKED WRITTEN ON THE INSIDE TAG :  JOSEPH KIEGER geigen
malier in Miffenwold an
der lfer 1824