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Update:
It turns out that I was correct.
The Violin-maker had a famous violinist in to do recordings of two (real) Stradivaris. Out of curiosity they compared the Violin I'm after (the Guarneri Model) as well and found it to be better than one of the Strads and almost as good as the other (although it's completely new and not broken in yet...!!!) and the violinist was very fond of it. He did not promise to buy it, but seemed interested, adn until he has decided whether he wants it or not he'll be first on the list and I'm second.
I'm now trying to contact the violinist (which is not all that easy because he is so famous and you can only get at him through is agency by email and phoning him would seem a bit...impolite...) to ask him directly what he plans so that I can consider my next moves...
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