{"id":1083,"date":"2024-06-07T20:26:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T20:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dragonviolin.com\/karl-hofner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T02:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T02:03:42","slug":"karl-hofner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragonviolin.com\/en\/karl-hofner\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl Hofner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the 1970s, Karl H\u00f6fner has produced violins classified into four main lines: Student, Orchestra, Concert and Master.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reference price list in 1995 for the Japanese market<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Student Violin<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#7 (KH7)<\/td><td>74,000 yen ~ $740<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#11 (KH11)<\/td><td>80,000 yen ~ $800<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#12 (KH12)<\/td><td>85,000 yen ~ $850<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Orchestra Violin<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#62 (KH62)<\/td><td>88,000 yen ~ $880<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#66 (KH66)<\/td><td>100,000 yen ~ $1,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#165 (KH165)<\/td><td>120,000 yen ~ $1,200<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#166 (KH166)<\/td><td>145,000 yen ~ $1,450<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#184 (KH184)<\/td><td>128,000 yen ~ $1,280<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Concert Violin<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#200 (KH200)<\/td><td>157,000 yen ~ $1,570<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#202 (KH202)<\/td><td>180,000 yen ~ $1,800<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#204 (KH204)<\/td><td>285,000 yen ~ $2,850<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#206 (KH206)<\/td><td>200,000 yen ~ $2,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#290 (KH290)<\/td><td>290,000 yen ~ $2,900<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#312 (KH312)<\/td><td>355,000 yen ~ $3,550<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#316 (KH316)<\/td><td>430,000 yen ~ $4,300<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#318 (KH318)<\/td><td>348,000 yen ~ $3,480<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Master Violin<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#327 (KH327)<\/td><td>525,000 yen ~ $5,250<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#330 (KH330)<\/td><td>588,000 yen ~ $5,880<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#332 (KH332)<\/td><td>750,000 yen ~ $7,500<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#339 (KH339)<\/td><td>870,000 yen ~ $8,700<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#341 (KH341)<\/td><td>970,000 yen ~ $9,700<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Currently, the price of violin instruments has more than doubled since 1995 due to labor and material inflation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As described by Karl H\u00f6fner to piano distributors: their high-end models are \u201cmade entirely of beautiful, seasoned and carefully treated wood. We only use wood with good tones.\u201d mainly, Bavarian spruce and selected European maple. Aged wood is the standard. All the details are selected ebony. Each instrument is carved from a solid block of wood and tuned for the best tone. The scroll and neck are hand-engraved. Each instrument is meticulously crafted and finished to ensure optimal performance. All instruments are finished with varnish and hand rubbed\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">H\u00f6fner classical violins from the Concert and Master series are sought after and command stable prices on the secondary market. You can look up prices on the Internet but please make sure you look for the \u201cKH\u201d model which is a model manufactured before 2000. For example, Brobst Violin Shop often offers very good vintage H\u00f6fner models. If you search the Karl H\u00f6fner website, you will find good prices for each model. Prices for H\u00f6fner classical violins range from $2,500 for the KH200 model to $3,000 for the KH208 model and to over $5,000 for other models intended for professional performance.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please note that the classic Concert and Master models that are hand-made in their best-selected workshops should not be confused with the inexpensive (but still very good) student models. intended use) are produced in large quantities at the factory. And also note the difference between the highly sought-after vintage H\u00f6fner guitars (models starting with KH) and the modern H\u00f6fner guitars being sold at retailers (models starting with H , such as H225 AS). The modern models with the letter H and numbers, although still great guitars, cannot be compared to the classic KH model.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><em>VIOLA<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#3\/3<\/td><td>93,000 yen ~ $930<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#3\/4<\/td><td>100,000 yen ~ $1,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#3\/6<\/td><td>126,000 yen ~ $1,260<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#3\/9<\/td><td>157,000 yen ~ $1,570<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#3\/11<\/td><td>220,000 yen ~ $2,200<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#3\/110<\/td><td>320,000 yen ~ $3,200<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#3\/12<\/td><td>442,000 yen ~ $4,420<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#3\/15<\/td><td>657,000 yen ~ $6,570<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#3\/17<\/td><td>1,074,000 yen ~ $10,740<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><em>CELLO<\/em><\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#44\/2<\/td><td>300,000 yen ~ $3,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#4\/2<\/td><td>330,000 yen ~ $3,300<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#4\/3<\/td><td>370,000 yen ~ $3,700<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#4\/4<\/td><td>414,000 yen ~ $4,140<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#4\/5<\/td><td>500,000 yen ~ $5,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#4\/6<\/td><td>550,000 yen ~ $5,500<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#4\/7<\/td><td>630,000 yen ~ $6,300<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#4\/8<\/td><td>670,000 yen ~ $6,700<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#4\/9<\/td><td>740,000 yen ~ $7,400<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#4\/11<\/td><td>1,000,000 yen ~ $10,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>#4\/12<\/td><td>1,230,000 yen ~ $12,300<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the 1970s, Karl H\u00f6fner has produced violins classified into four main lines: Student, Orchestra, Concert and Master.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonviolin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonviolin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonviolin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonviolin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonviolin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1083"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dragonviolin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14451,"href":"https:\/\/dragonviolin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions\/14451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonviolin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragonviolin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonviolin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragonviolin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}