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Violin by Haydn Wright, Holloway, 1920
This violin has now sold.
About Haydn Wright
Haydn Wycliff Wright was born in Colchester, Essex, in 1888 and served in the Royal Engineers during the First World War. Upon discharge in 1919, Wright joined the class of Frank Howard at the Northern Polytechnic in London: Howard was a particularly talented teacher of violin making and trained many successful makers. By 1921, Wright was living in Brixton and gave his occupation as a violin maker and restorer. He was working at the Ex-Service Training Factory in Islington, likely passing on his skills to other recently discharged soldiers.
Wright and his family relocated to Lancashire in the 1930s, returned to London and then ultimately emigrated to Victoria, Australia, where he died in 1972.
About the violin
This violin was made in London in 1920 and is modelled after the instruments of Stradivari.
The violin has a one piece back of attractive semi slab-cut maple with ribs and scroll of plain maple. The front is two pieces of straight-grained spruce and the varnish is a rich reddish-brown which has developed an attractive craquelure over time.
The violin has a length of back of 353 mm.
How does it sound?
This violin has a soft, warm sound. Though capable of plenty of volume, it excels at sounding smoky and nuanced.
Condition
The violin is in very good condition.