Scherl & Roth 3/4 Violin 1956

This is a fractional instrument - 3/4 size. Ah, the beauty of an older violin with an interesting history!  This is an example of Heinrich Roth's Cleveland workshop's output during the middle of the 20th century.  Heinrich Roth, a seventh-generation violin maker, the son of Ernst Heinrich Roth, along with his brother, Albert, operated a shop in Markneukirchen, Germany.  In the early 20th century, they had become known as fine makers and sold many instruments to Americans, who told him that he should bring his talent to America.  And, so he did. Heinrich worked for Simson & Frey in New York, for a few years and when Simson retired in 1932, Roth teamed with Max Scherl and bought out the business, naming it Scherl & Roth.  Cleveland, Ohio, back then, was the hub of violin making in America, so they moved the company there in 1938 and produced many fine instruments.   The end of WWII saw an expansion of school orchestras, the early boomers contributed to larger schools, larger prog