Stainer Model Violin, Markneukirchen and/or Schönbach (Luby), ca. 1880-1900 NMM 4207. Violin, Markneukirchen and/or Schönbach (Luby), ca. 1880-1900. Printed paper label: Jacobus Stainer in Absam / prope Oenipontum 1665. Brand (double strike) on back, below button, the lettering curved downward at each end: SCHWEITZER. Top: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce, wide grain. Back: two-piece, quarter-cut maple with faint, narrow curl, descending slightly from center joint. Arching: full, symmetrical arching rises abruptly at edge and flattens out at center. Gift of Thomas M. Engeman, Sibley, Iowa, 1988. National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 2002-2004 Most recent update:   October 24, 2007 You are the 3,741st visitor to this page since August 11, 2003. Between September 11, 2002-August 11, 2003, this page received 1,491 hits. The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page