I remember when my Grandmother passed away many years ago (my Grandfather had passed on 2 yrs before) and my Dad and Uncle and I were going through the attic, and found a violin that belonged to my Great Aunt, and inside I saw the word "Stradivarius", and I said "Dad! Look at this!" and they looked inside and for a moment we were ecstatic, and then Dad looked a little further and just above the name "Stradivarius" in much smaller print were the words "Replica of"....oh well. The excitement was nice while it lasted, all 30 seconds of it. LOL
Did it say "Hecho en Mexico" or "Made in China"?...........I know where the cat gut came from..........
That would have been a nice find!