Knute REINDAHL

Highest auction price

£6,745

Auction price history

Type	Details	Sold	Price
Violin	35.9 cm Chicago, 1912	Tue 1st February 2011	£2,041
Violin	35.9 cm Chicago, 1912	Fri 1st October 2010	£2,816
Violin	35.9 cm Madison, 1920	Fri 1st October 2010	£1,878
Violin	36.1 cm Madison, 1923	Thu 1st October 2009	£2,781
Violin	35.5 cm Chicago, 1905	Sat 1st November 2008	£1,523
Violin	35.5 cm Chicago, 1903	Thu 1st May 2008	£2,095
Violin	35.4 cm Chicago, 1902	Thu 1st May 2008	£1,796
Violin	36.2 cm Madison, 1923	Sun 1st July 2007	£1,822
Violin	35.4 cm Chicago, 1903 Sold with bow stamped "K. Reindahl"	Sun 1st October 2006	£3,678
Violin	34.8 cm Chicago, 1902 The head a woman	Sun 1st October 2006	£2,912
Violin	36.2 cm Madison, 1923	Sat 1st July 2006	£2,029
Violin	35.7 cm Madison, WI, 1917	Mon 1st May 2006	£6,745
Violin	Chicago, 1902	Mon 1st November 2004	£478
Violin	1900	Fri 1st May 1998	£1,129
Violin	1918	Fri 1st June 1984	£693

Biographies

John Dilworth Henri Poidras

John Dilworth

REINDAHL, Knute Born 1857 Mo Norway, Worked from 1870 Chicago, Illinois & Madison, Wisconsin USA. Self-taught violin and bow maker, active from 1867. Emigrated to the USA 1870. Established in Chicago 1885. Moved to Madison, Wisconsin 1910. Active until after 1933. Appointed President of the American Guild of Violin Makers. Diploma of merit at the Columbian Exhibition 1893, and gold medal at the Paris Exposition 1900. Over 600 violins, 20 violas, and 20 cellos completed. Stradivari and personal models designated ‘Reindahl Grand’ and ‘Tadellos’. Very fine workmanship with some eccentricities: several with intricate inlay work and carved heads. Bows on Tourte and other models. Idiosyncratic ornamentation on the fittings. Knute Reindahl / Madison. Wis.