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A. Professional and Business Oriented SELLERS

An individual, professional violin maker and dealer is the most reliable direct source from whom to purchase a violin, bow, and/or repair service. For his basic assets are:

1. His professional name and standing within his profession, along with his comprehensive practical and technical knowledge of violins. He is a craftsman and an artist first, and this gives the buyer the greatest assurance that he will benefit from sound professional advice, competent judgment, and skilled service.

Further enhancing the value of any purchase made from such a dealer, there are additional qualifications, listed below--each of which must be evaluated separately.

2. Having a business policy and reputation which obligate him to give written assurances or warranties stipulating his Cash Buy Back and/or Trade-in policies vis-a-vis violins and bows purchased from his establishment. [List Link]

3. In the conservation and restoration of violins and bows, having the the workshop policy of, and reputation for, always adhering to the "principle of reversibility" (spelled out in various professional codes of ethics).[List Link]

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Fritz Reuter, Jr., was born October 29th, 1931, in the Hague, Holland, son of B. Fritz Reuter, a noted master violin maker from Saxony. In 1948 Fritz Reuter, Jr., together with his brother Gunther Reuter, began the study of violin making at the world famous "Geigenbauschule" in Mittenwald, Germany. During the 3-1/2 years of apprenticeship at the school, Fritz Reuter, Jr., studied under the following masters: Johann Karner, Leo Aschauer, Matthias Klotz and Andreas Furst. Additional theoretical and practical knowledge was separately gained privately from Masters Michael Reindl, Paul Seckendoff and Hans Rodig. After being awarded a bachelor's degree in violin making, additional years were spent in Mittenwald working and studying in the shops of Master Franz Reindl, Anton Dietl and Benedikt Lang.

In 1955 Fritz Reuter, Jr., was engaged by Mr. H. A. Olson, president of William Lewis & Son of Chicago, Ill., to work for his firm as restorer and reparateur of fine stringed instruments.

In 1964 Fritz Reuter, Jr., reestablished the firm founded in 1922 at the Hague by his father, which had been dormant since the death in 1944 of B. Fritz Reuter.

With the assistance of his brother Gunther Reuter, a master violin maker in his own right, FRITZ REUTER & SONS has become since 1964 the oldest, wholly owned and operated establishment of professional violin makers and dealers in violins in the Chicago area.

FRITZ REUTER & SONS is a class "AAA" establishment. Members of the "Verband deutscher Geigenbauer, Stuttgart e.V."

FREE INFORMATION SERVICE
Through this free information service, we hope to provide the reader with additional information and advice about topics and specific questions not answered in this report.

Fill out the coupon below and send it together with your question to FRITZ REUTER & SONS. We shall send a written answer to the address listed on the coupon.

Questions are invited on the following topics:
1. About your own instrument and bow
2. Subjects covered in this report
3. Retail prices of new Trade-name instruments, bows, strings, cases and accessories
4. Qualifications of your own violin maker, repairman or dealer, based upon their own resume, if obtainable
5. Practical and theoretical information about making of violins, etc.
6. Anything else pertaining to stringed instruments, makers, history, etc.
NOTE: Questions dealing with the practical and/or theoretical aspects of playing a stringed instrument can NOT be answered. For these, see your instructor.

Please email your information to Fritz Reuter: freuter@fritz-reuter.com

Why not send a copy of this report, as a gift, to your friends, colleagues or teachers? Additional copies of this report, ^"How to Buy a Violin," can be ordered by sending $3.00 per copy in cheque or money-order to:

FRITZ REUTER & SONS, INC
3917 W. Touhy Ave, Lincolnwood IL 60712-1027 USA

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