more violin info..... inscribed within the violin.... on a lable: Fried: Aug. Glass verfertigte (then something unreadable) Antonious Stradivarius (then unreadable) (unreadable) 1738 next inscription: R or B Whaley bought 1858 next: H. C. Whaley 1886 (obviously this is Hugh) i just talked with my father...he told me that he and his dad (Jack J or S) drove a model "A" to Missouri to Hugh's house from Tulsa to pick this violin up. He mentioned that other family was there, but he didnt remember who. to Pam Sheldon.....i would like to hear from you...Hugh was my grandfathers uncle. John Whaley, Jr