1980s Lutherie Artistique 4/4 Violin

The only markings on this instrument are "Lutherie Artistique" and a French "Made in China" script under it. I originally thought this was a more-recent instrument because it's very clean but the owner told me it's actually an '80s instrument. How about that?

It's currently setup in "classical" fashion and sounds round and clean while also having good volume. It's well-built and "handles" like a quality instrument should. The top is solid spruce and the back and sides are solid, flamed maple. I'm assuming it's an Asian maple species of some sort because it has the same grain-look as a lot of the '50s-era Suzuki (Japanese) violins I've worked-on -- almost a "quilted mahogany" look. The fittings are all ebony save a molded, 4-fine-tuner tailpiece.

It's ready to go -- all I had to do was tune it up and hang it out on the rack. If you prefer a fiddle-style setup (strings lower to the fingerboard), let me know and I'll adjust accordingly.

Repairs included: nothing needed!

Top wood: solid spruce

Back & sides wood: solid flamed maple

Bridge: maple

Fingerboard: ebony

Neck wood: maple

String height: classical
Strings: unknown but nice

Neck shape: slim C

Neck relief: straight

Scale length: 12 7/8"

Nut width: 7/8"

Body length: 13 3/4"

Body width: 8"

Body depth: 1 1/2" + arching

Weight: 1 lb 0 oz

Condition notes: it's very, very clean. At most it looks "shopworn."