Information about 'Original' Ernst Heinrich Roth Instruments:
ERNST HEINRICH ROTH instruments from our archives-Instrument confirmation 170,-EUR (that means we will confirm that this is an E.H.R. You can read: 1.) Serial number from your instrument, 2.) Brand trademark 3.) Place of manufacture, 4.) Year of manufacture. 5.) Type Style number from your instrument, 6.) Signature. The value of such a violin would be between $100 and $15,000 or more—depending on original quality, reputation of the maker, and current condition. The vast majority of German Strad copies (especially when they have a fake Strad label) are student.
Our archive for registered Ernst Heinrich Roth instruments dates back to the year 1 9 2 4 .
Hello,
If you have an instrument from our workshop and need any information
e.g. Model number and year of manufacture,
of calculating the value of the instrument, then please write us anE-Mail
e.g. Model number and year of manufacture,
of calculating the value of the instrument, then please write us anE-Mail
Important Comment:
The violins offered in Internet called in ERNST HEINRICH ROTH STYLE
are not manufactured in our E.H.ROTH workshop. This is the reason why
they are not in accordance with the genuine ERNST HEINRICH ROTH
Instruments. Quality, material and manufacture are not comparable.
are not manufactured in our E.H.ROTH workshop. This is the reason why
they are not in accordance with the genuine ERNST HEINRICH ROTH
Instruments. Quality, material and manufacture are not comparable.
We would also like to point out that manyFakes
of our instruments are sold through the internet. We are able to check the
authenticity of an instrument if you are interested in with cost for you.
of our instruments are sold through the internet. We are able to check the
authenticity of an instrument if you are interested in with cost for you.
For your information:
We ask for your understanding that we have to demand a handling charge
of 65,-- EUR to find out the (Model number and year of manufacture)
about your ERNST HEINRICH ROTH instrument
per email. We are not able to accept telephone information.
of 65,-- EUR to find out the (Model number and year of manufacture)
about your ERNST HEINRICH ROTH instrument
per email. We are not able to accept telephone information.
In order to give you more information we need some
pictures from your instrument: See sample pictures.
pictures from your instrument: See sample pictures.
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Picture 1) brand stamp with number, very important
Picture 2) label
Picture 3) top view
Picture 4) side view / scroll
Picture 5) back view
For more other wishes:
Please observe the following points below.Please scroll down
Please pay attention to the charge
for information and assessment of
ERNST HEINRICH ROTH instruments
from our archives
-Instrument confirmation 170,--EUR
(that means we will confirm that this is an E.H.R. instrument).
(that means we will confirm that this is an E.H.R. instrument).
you can read:
1.) Serial number from your instrument,
2.) Brand trademark
3.) Place of manufacture,
4.) Year of manufacture.
5.) Type Style number from your instrument,
6.) Signature
2.) Brand trademark
3.) Place of manufacture,
4.) Year of manufacture.
5.) Type Style number from your instrument,
6.) Signature
-Making out of a second certificate of the instrument.
(Original Certificate from Bubenreuth / Erlangen) without pictures 230,--EUR
(Original Certificate from Bubenreuth / Erlangen) without pictures 230,--EUR
-Making out of a second certificate of the instrument.
(Original Certificate from Markneukirchen / Sa.) without pictures 345,--EUR
(Original Certificate from Markneukirchen / Sa.) without pictures 345,--EUR
-Making out of a second certificate of the instrument.
(Original Certificate from Markneukirchen / Sa.) with pictures from you 595,--EUR
(Original Certificate from Markneukirchen / Sa.) with pictures from you 595,--EUR
-Making out of a second certificate of the instrument.
(Original Certificate from Bubenreuth / Erlangen) with pictures from you 620,--EUR
(Original Certificate from Bubenreuth / Erlangen) with pictures from you 620,--EUR
-Confirmation of the value of the instrument 310,--EUR
(that means we will give you today´s price of this type of the instr. for insurance) without pictures
(that means we will give you today´s price of this type of the instr. for insurance) without pictures
you can read:
1.) Serial number from your instrument,
2.) Brand trademark
3.) Place of manufacture,
4.) Year of manufacture.
5.) Type Style number from your instrument,
5.) Indication of value.
6.) Signature
2.) Brand trademark
3.) Place of manufacture,
4.) Year of manufacture.
5.) Type Style number from your instrument,
5.) Indication of value.
6.) Signature
-Assessment of the instrument 10% of value of the instr.,at least 350,--EUR
( the instrument has to be sent to us)
If you want a certificate with photos (back, top, scroll)
pictures made by us, there is an additional charge of 850,--EUR
( the instrument has to be sent to us)
If you want a certificate with photos (back, top, scroll)
pictures made by us, there is an additional charge of 850,--EUR
If you are interested in any of the above please let us know. Also we need
your address. Then you will receive our account details. After your payment
you will receive the requested documents at once.
your address. Then you will receive our account details. After your payment
you will receive the requested documents at once.
We need following informations
from you to be able to help:
Scherl And Roth Violin Serial Numbers
- Your address (complete postal adress) very important!
- Your questions what you like!
- When and where you have bought the instrument (if known)
- Dates from the lable inside the instrument especially the registry number very important! (Pictures)
- Pictures of the instrument (in appreciation or repair requests) Back, Top and Scroll.
- Payment: We do not accept credit card, we take only bank draft, or payment in advance.
please write us anE-Mail
Yours sincerely
Ernst Heinrich Roth
GmbH & Co, KG
Streichinstrumente
Hans-Paulus-Str. 18
D-91088 Bubenreuth
Tel: +49 (0) 91 31 2 25 10
Fax: +49 (0) 91 31 20 58 37
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.roth-violins.de
GmbH & Co, KG
Streichinstrumente
Hans-Paulus-Str. 18
D-91088 Bubenreuth
Tel: +49 (0) 91 31 2 25 10
Fax: +49 (0) 91 31 20 58 37
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.roth-violins.de
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Ernst Heinrich Roth (1877–1948), also often referred to as Ernst Heinrich Roth I to distinguish him from later family members of the same name, was a German luthier and master of a large and successful violin-making workshop in the East German town of Markneukirchen, near the current border with the Czech Republic. He was the most important and distinguished figure in a whole dynasty of Roth luthiers active in Germany over many generations and to this day.
Early life[edit]
Roth's father, the violin-maker Gustav Robert Roth, founded a violin shop in Markneukirchen in 1873. Ernst Heinrich was born there in 1877 and learned to play the violin, viola, cello, piano and trumpet. He had perfect pitch and absorbed an excellent sense of craftsmanship in his father's workshop. He travelled extensively to violin makers in Italy, Austria, Hungary, Russia and France in order to perfect his art.
Career[edit]
In 1902, at the age of 25 and together with his cousin Gustav August Ficker, Ernst Heinrich Roth started his own violin-making business, where over the years he worked in conjunction with apprentices, many of whom went on to become well-known violin makers in their own right. The exact extent of Ernst Heinrich Roth's involvement in the making of his instruments has long been a topic for debate, but it is now generally believed that the best instruments were made mainly by Roth himself. The instruments of the Ernst Heinrich Roth workshop were soon in demand all over Europe.
Ernst Heinrich Roth had two sons: Gustav Albert and Ernst Heinrich II. Albert Roth learnt the luthier trade from his father. Ernst Heinrich Roth II, on the other hand, received a training in commerce and in 1921 settled in the United States, where he founded a trading company, Scherl & Roth. It is through this company that many Roth instruments, bows and other merchandise came onto the North American market, where quite a number of them, from different periods and of very uneven quality, can be found to this day. As a matter of fact, quality Roth instruments from the most sought-after period (see below) are, to this day, harder to find in Germany than in the United States. This goes some way towards explaining the fact that, generally speaking, Roth instruments are better known in the US than in their original country of provenance.
In addition to violins, the Roth workshop also manufactured other string instruments (among them, famously, a 1927 double bass owned and played by American jazz bassist Charles Mingus). The Roth company continued successfully in Markneukirchen until the beginning of the Third Reich. From that time onwards, the political climate prohibited the sale of fine instruments to countries unfriendly towards Nazi Germany, and the labour force had to be reduced as a consequence. Nevertheless, some instruments, though of lesser quality, continued to be produced after 1933 and throughout the war years, in difficult circumstances and without the collaboration of Roth's son Albert, who was drafted into the army from the very beginning of the war. During these trying years, Ernst Heinrich Roth was left to continue the business alone except for the help of a couple of elderly colleagues.
In 1945 Albert Roth returned from the war and efforts were made to rekindle the business, but due to restrictions trading out of the Soviet-occupied zone, this proved difficult. Ernst Heinrich Roth I died in Markneukirchen in 1948.
Albert Roth took over the management of the business, but the company was liquidated by court order on account of a breach of regulations. Albert Roth then decided to move to Bubenreuth in the municipality of Erlangen, in the newly founded Federal Republic of Germany, and in April 1953 the company started trading again from there. Soon the Roth company was once more supplying instruments to Europe and the USA. Albert Roth died in 1961.
After Albert's death, his son Ernst Heinrich Roth III, having learned the violin-making trade at the technical college in Bubenreuth from 1953 to 1955 and been awarded the master craftsman's certificate in 1961, was in charge of the management. Business expanded and new markets were developed in the Far East. Since 1985 Wilhelm Roth, the son of Ernst Heinrich III, has been active in the company, having trained at the renowned violin-making college in Mittenwald. At the moment the Ernst Heinrich Roth company is managed by Ernst Heinrich Roth III and Wilhelm Roth. A branch office in Markneukirchen represents the company in the town where it originated. In addition to producing new instruments, the company can authenticate vintage Ernst Heinrich Roth instruments from their company records (www.roth-violins.de).
Appraisal[edit]
An E. H. Roth violin, Guarneri copy, Markneukirchen 1930
It was a policy of the Roth workshop in the days of Ernst Heinrich I to manufacture different grades of instruments for different budgets. For this reason, but also due to the size of the workshop's production and the many decades of its operation, the quality of Roth violins varies greatly, ranging from poor to outstanding. Therefore, expertise in the field is essential in order to identify the highest grade Roth instruments.
The best ones can be beautiful and well-crafted instruments with a powerful tone, with the 1920s and until about 1933 generally regarded as the most sought-after period.[by whom?] Roth violins were played and praised by distinguished artists of the day such as Eugène Ysaÿe, Henri Marteau and Mischa Mischakoff. As mentioned above, it is generally understood these days[by whom?] that the top instruments were made predominantly by Ernst Heinrich Roth himself (especially those hand-signed by Roth). They were usually copies after Cremonese models of the early 18th century, among which the Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù ones are considered to be the most accomplished (although there exist some beautiful copies of Amati and Ruggieri). These top instruments stand out by the exceptional quality of their wood (with very fine-grained Italian spruce on top and a highly flamed maple back), their glowing oil varnish (frequently an attractive red-brown on a warm, golden ground) and their beautifully finished f-holes. These attributes, together with a powerful, rich and mellow yet focused tone with bright, carrying overtones, have secured top Roth instruments a reputation as excellent orchestral and solo instruments. They are also increasingly sought after for their investment value (current auction record: US $17,250 for a Roth cello / Tarisio New York, November 2005).
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While some instruments from later periods and from other members of the family have been known to be of above-average quality, none reached anywhere near the level attained by the best instruments of the aforementioned period.[citation needed]
Labels[edit]
An Ernst Heinrich Roth label, as they appeared on the instruments made from the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s
American jazz bassist Charles Mingus playing his 1927 Roth bass (1976)
The labels of the mid 20s to early 30s were usually printed in cursive script saying:
Ernst Heinrich Roth
Markneukirchen 19(--)
Reproduction of
Antonius Stradivarius
Cremona 17(--)
or
Ernst Heinrich Roth
Markneukirchen 19(--)
Reproduction of
Josef Guarnerius
Cremona 17(--)
Note: The first name is sometimes mistakenly read as 'Erush'. It is written in old German running writing and is definitely meant to be 'Ernst'. The word 'Germany' is also often printed on the label in purple or black ink. In addition to the label, there is usually an oval-shaped brand stamp inside the instrument reading: Ernst Heinrich Roth / Markneukirchen, followed by a serial number.
Gradations[edit]
The following are the standard gradations as listed in the 1920s Roth catalogues - the closer to the top of the list, the higher the quality of the violin:
Roth Violin
- XIR: copy of either Stradivari or Guarneri, often made to order for specific well-known artists (look for an extra label inside the violin stating the commissioner's name) and always hand-signed across the main label by Roth himself (a guarantee of highest grade Roth instruments)
- XR: copy of Stradivari 1725
- IXR: copy of Guarneri 1736
- VIIIR: copy of Stradivari 1724
- VIIR: copy of Stradivari 1722
- VIR: copy of Guarneri 1732
- VR: copy of Ruggieri
- IVR: copy of Stradivari 1718
- IIIR: copy of Amati
- IIR: copy of Guarneri 1734
- IR: copy of Stradivari 1714
References[edit]
The Roth firm today - contains historical information
Charles Mingus's E. H. Roth bass, by Dave Pomeroy, August 2006
The Master Violins Made by Ernst Heinrich Roth (a book published in 1924)
William Henley, 'Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers', Amati Publishing Ltd., Brighton, 1959
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