ec999. This charm is a nice rendition of a Brandstätter violin by Matthäus Ignatz Brandstätter from Vienna whose violins from the 1820s and 1830s demonstrate exemplary workmanship. He was one of the most prolific Viennese makers of the time. The example in the picture below was built in 1824, the year that Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was first performed. Viennese string players of the time almost all played Austrian instruments--not those of the Italians. The charm makes a fine travel memento of that special trip to Vienna, Austria!