Hofner Violins
Hofner violins were started up by Karl Hofner, for who the company is named, in 1887. It was founded in Schonbach in Germany by Hofner who was a master violin maker and the company soon became the largest manufacturer of violins, and stringed instruments, in Germany.
His reputation was established way before World War 1 and in 1907 Karl Hofner was commissioned to repair the violin of the Saxon King. This was a very important job and it could make or break Hofners career. He fixed the violin to the highest standard and the Saxon King was very pleased.
Karl Hofner had two sons, Josef and Walter who had both joined their fathers company by 1921. Hofner as a company had entered the worldwide export market by then and were starting to get a good reputation as stringed instrument providers around the world.
Today, Hofner still produce stringed instruments for export all over the world and since their beginning to the present day have sold over two million stringed and fretted instruments.
NB: Hofner make violins from student brands to professional instruments and everything that comes in between. They also sell bows separately from violins.
H5-V
The Hofner H5-V is available in full size, three quarter size, half size and quarter size. It is designed as a student violin, for use at entry level, and accommodates a student who is looking for the very best in an entry level violin. The violin is made of solid flamed maple wood with genuine purfling. It is hand varnished with shaded spirit varnish. It is available not only in the original famed finish but in golden brown and dark brown.
H66HV-V
This violin comes from Hofner’s ‘Concert’ range, which are slightly better than the intermediate range. This particular violin is made from solid flamed maple and hand varnished using traditional methods that date back to when Hofner first started making Violins in Germany. The violin comes with Dominant strings and is available in every size from full size to quarter size.
H215-AS-V
This violin is called the ‘Stradivari’ as it is modelled on one of the famous Stradivarius violins. It is only available in full size. The violin is new, but has been tastefully aged to give it the look of an antique.
White Instruments
An interesting point about Hofner as a company is that they produce what they call ‘white instruments’. Which is basically a violin with only the fingerboard attached and no varnish (hence the name ‘white’. These violin shells are made for people who want to make a project out of putting a violin together, Hofner also sell a large number of violin accessories which can be used to put together one of these white violins.
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