Karl Hoffer and J. J. Dvorak Historical String Instruments

July 2001 Price List


Reasonably-priced instruments with excellent playing qualities, handmade in the Czech Republic. The Karl Hoffer standard series violas da gamba are made of lightly-flamed maple with spruce tops and hardwood pegs and tailpiece. They are provided with pernambuco bows when purchased with bow and case. The Karl Hoffer deluxe violas da gamba are made of highly-flamed maple with finest quality quarter-sawn Sitka spruce tops, have double purfling on top and back, and boxwood pegs. They are supplied with snakewood bows when purchased with bow and case. All instruments are equipped with highest-quality Pirastro strings.


Instrument Price
Karl Hoffer standard treble viola da gamba, 37 cm. 820.00
Karl Hoffer standard treble viola da gamba, bow, and bag 1,305.00
Karl Hoffer standard tenor viola da gamba, 52 cm. 1,310.00
Karl Hoffer standard tenor viola da gamba, bow, and bag 1,801.00
Karl Hoffer standard bass viola da gamba, 69 cm. 2,063.00
Karl Hoffer standard bass viola da gamba, bow, and bag 2,591.00
consort of three instruments 3,900.00
consort of three instruments, bows, and bags 5,299.00
Karl Hoffer deluxe treble viola da gamba, 37 cm. 1,321.00
Karl Hoffer deluxe treble viola da gamba, bow, and bag 1,797.00
Karl Hoffer deluxe tenor viola da gamba, 52 cm. 1,798.00
Karl Hoffer deluxe tenor viola da gamba, bow, and bag 2,218.00
Karl Hoffer deluxe bass viola da gamba, 69 cm. 3,075.00
Karl Hoffer deluxe bass viola da gamba, bow, and bag 3,603.00
consort of three instruments 5,761.00
consort of three instruments, bows, and bags 7,085.00
J. J. Dvorak student baroque violin 663.00
J. J. Dvorak student baroque viola 751.00
J. J. Dvorak student baroque cello 2551.00
baroque violin bow, pernambuco 494.00


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