Labeled for the Madison Wisconsin maker and dated for 1967. It features an orange-brown varnish and a well figured two-piece back. The lot includes a bow signed "Fry",another student grade example and a plastic hard case. William F. Fry (1921-2011) was an experimental high energy physicist at the University and pioneered the astrophysics program. He also established physics programs at the University of Padova and Milan University in Italy in 1957. He was a Guggenheim Scholar and Fulbright Lecturer and served as a consultant to the International Atomic Energy Commission. He spent over four decades in violin acoustical research, uncovering the secrets of Stradivarius. His accomplishments in violin research are recognized in books and film, and are detailed in a scientific video book he completed in 2010.

Dimensions: The body length is 16 1/2".

There is a saddle crack and a f hold crack to the belly, otherwise good condition.