wrote:
...last week, abandoned.

https://imagehost.vendio.com/a/30377...w/violins2.JPG

The bottom one has a label inside, says 1939 copy
of Savart's Trapezoid (orig. made in 1820).
The top one looks like an experimental fantasy.
It's the middle one that looks like a real antique,
but the neck looks more like a guitar until you get
to the head. ??

Not that old, and at least one is probably electronic