this dad been done up when I bought it, meaning that any cracks were mended by a professional violin restore, this fiddle has the most exquisite lion head carving I ever saw, and as well as this, it has a buetifill tone, very nice , very old violin and the case is very old, it's usable but I am only sending it to protect the violin, I have kept the case but you may want to replace it etc. thanks for looking, any questions to feel free. one answer is I don't play any more. thanks for looking.