:)  So I'm not the newest CBN millionaire.  :)

I visited my parents this weekend and my Dad asked if I wanted an old trumpet I had played in 4th Grade.  It had been in the family for awhile and I decided to take it.  While that was being dug out, I asked about an old violin I remembered from when I was a kid.  I never heard anyone play it, but sort of remembered it being in OK condition from the view of a 7 year old boy snooping around the closets for Christmas presents.

With no negotiation, both were handed over.  The violin is in much worse condition than I remember 30 years ago and has a label "Copy of Stradivarius Made In Germany".  From my limited search this leads to a 1920ish to WWII manufacture and little other valuable information.

The story behind the violin is my grandfather played organ and piano in a dance band with a gentleman named Lester Root.  My grandfather took care of him before he passed away.  The Root family gave the violin to my grandfather as a thank you and I don't believe it has ever been played since then.  

Nicholas Frirsz is a luthier that lives close to me and I'm taking it to him to see if it is worth cleaning up.  We'll either save it from further decay or use it to start a campfire.  To be honest, I don't know which it will be.