Gradations
The following are the standard gradations as listed in the 1920s Roth catalogues - the closer to the top of the list, the higher the quality of the violin:
- XIR: copy of either Stradivari or Guarneri, often made to order for specific artists (look for an extra label stating the commissioner's name) and always hand-signed across the label by Roth himself (a guarantee of highest grade Roth instruments)
- XR: copy of Stradivari 1725
- IXR: copy of Guarneri 1736
- VIIIR: copy of Stradivari 1724
- VIIR: copy of Stradivari 1722
- VIR: copy of Guarneri 1732
- VR: copy of Ruggieri
- IVR: copy of Stradivari 1718
- IIIR: copy of Amati
- IIR: copy of Guarneri 1734
- IR: copy of Stradivari 1714
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