Name of Instrument: stockgeige (walkstick violin)

Maker / Brand: Moritz Glasel

Stearns Catalog #: 1308

Country of Origin: Markneukirchen, Germany

Region of Origin: Europe

Instrument Category: Chordophone

Date of Fabrication: 1889 (?)

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Description: This Walking-Stick Violin has a cover that completely conceals the presence within of the violin. It was invented after the mid-18th Century by Johann Wilde, a German musician at the Imperial Court of St. Petersburg. The maker of this instrument, Moritz Gläsel, was born in Vienna in 1829 and died in 1917 in Markneükirchen. He was a good violin maker and an expert on old instruments.

Research: Dr. Bruce Mitchell Smith