Introducing * New * ΣNIGMA Series 3

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master violin and viola case maker

Starting Price - $3500

Special OFFER

Limited Period Offer - 10% OFF Musafia Cases. Offer valid until December 31, 2024. Orders are limited to the Continental USA only. We are unable to fulfill orders for Musafia cases outside of the USA.

The premium Musafia cases, exquisitely handcrafted in Italy. Radiating both opulence and functionality, these cases are the ideal present for your cherished ones. To guarantee on-time delivery, act promptly as each custom Musafia case requires a minimum of 8 weeks for meticulous creation. By choosing Musafia, you're not just offering a gift; you're presenting an enduring piece of Italian artistry that will safeguard instruments with style and grace.

Now available also with softest high-grade satin padding around the instrument, instead of the multicolor velvet, as a no-cost option. The multicolor velvet is redistributed into the bottom padding; the rest of the case remains the same.

Customize Your Case

The first step is to scroll below this form and decide what you want to include. The customization is available for four different options - 1. Format 2. Safety 3. Style 4. Utility.

Then, please fill in the below form to customize your case. Once you submit the form, we will get back to you with a quote and an estimated lead time.

Getting a quote is free and not the final order confirmation.

If you agree to purchase the case later, we will send you a sign-up form to get details for delivery and payment. You will have to pay 10% of the total price as a deposit (*with few exceptions - where the deposit might be higher if you have name customization on the case). The deposit amount is non-refundable.

Colors

COVER COLOR OPTIONS - Cordura Nylon:

• Steel Gray/Blue

• Terra Brown

• Slate Green

• Black

• Pacific Blue

• Sable

COVER COLOR OPTIONS - Glove-Quality Leather:

• Brown

• Black

• Blue

INTERIOR (normal Enigma and Enigma Leggero):

INTERIOR of (Enigma Aureum):

SPECIALLY MADE ENIGMA CASES

Some of these cases can be reproduced today, but others were made with material which for one reason or another is no longer available.

The artisan attention and care of the Musafia workshop is your guarantee that you will receive not only helpful, personalized service in the creation of your dream case, but also the long-term satisfaction that only your ideas and Musafia quality can provide.

First Choose Your Format

Now Choose Your Safety Options

Then Choose Your Style Options

Last Step, Choose Your Utility Options

Features

• Continuum High Tensile™ hybrid Kevlar/ 6-ply laminate construction with monolithical impact absorbing structure.

• 4-point Offset Plane Suspension System™ for improved instrument protection in case of bumps and impact.

• EnCase™ construction feature with improved resistance to side impact.

• Anti-intrusion bottom panel enhances protection against blunt force.

• Replaceable Cordura® nylon waterproof cover with full-sized music pouch, padded on underside. YKK zippers. Teflon® treatment to reduce wear and scuffs. Two pencil/pen loops inside the music pouch. Now with LieFlat™ extra capacity music pocket and full-length rain flap.

• Interior fully-lined and padded with truly finest velvet plush and suede-like Royale, or glove-quality Italian suede leather on the Aureum version.

• SoftTouch™ elastic spring-loaded locking bow holders.

• Rosin dust-resistant bow ribbons with Stradivari "Sunrise" inlay motif.

• Cherrywood burl trim.

• Leather instrument restraints.

• Photo retaining ribbons.

• Musafia hygrometer - humdifier system with highly effective Dimus II multi-filament humidifier.

• Padded blanket and flexible string tube.

• Four metal through-bolted carrying strap fixtures with shoulder strap and backpack capability.

• Two carrying straps for normal and backpack use.

• Oversized, comfortable leather padded handle.

• Alcantara-covered subway handle.

• Sekur™ double-action safety lock.

• Lifetime warranty; maintenance service and replacement parts always available.

• * except Versatus version

About ΣNIGMA Series 3:

Mr. Musafia designed the original ENIGMA case, introduced in 2003, to represent the pinnacle of Musafia case making with the aspiration to be considered the best case in the world, bar none. Symbolically, it was a demonstration what he and his assistants were capable of building, without regard to anything but quality, features, finish and instrument protection.

After seven years of production sold to demanding musicians and collectors worldwide, in mid-2010 the ENIGMA was further refined to set it even more distant from the competition. Thus was the genesis of the ENIGMA Series 2. Now for 2021 we present the ENIGMA Series 3.

Compared to the Series 2, in the ENIGMA Series 3 introduces more gracefully curved interior structural partitions as the most obvious difference. Not only do they provide a more complex crush resistant structure, but they provide even more space for shoulder rests and other accessories. As a result, the main accessory compartment, thanks to a second curved partition now offers a longer storage area (and about 1,400 cm3) and is shaped to accommodate almost all shoulder rests. The compartment below the violin neck enjoys a similar space increase (to about 300 cm3), Even the compartment to the right has additional space (now about 700 cm3). The total available space for accessories is thus about 2,400 cm3 (violin model).

This optimization also helps increase instrument safety, as the asymmetric development of the interior is designed to better dissipate kinetic energy in case of accident through controlled deformation, while bolted-through steel L-reinforcements and load-bearing structural partitions add rigidity.

As before, the safety features built into every ENIGMA Series 3 (with the exception of the lighter-weight LEGGERO version) include Tropicalization™, WeatherGuard™, PressurePorts™, waterproofing, and bow tip cushions. Utility features include larger-capacity music pocket and a hidden pocket for important documents. High-output L.E.D. illumination of the accessory compartments is optional on all ENIGMA Series 3 cases.

The silk velvet, milled in northern Italy with an exclusive pattern designed by Mr. Musafia expressly for this case, is used for the padding while the hard surfaces are lined with coordinated solid-color velvet plush and satin. The ENIGMA AUREUM Series 3 has the interior lined in glove quality leather, monocolor velvet plush and satin. In all versions, the accessory boxes have the bottom lining in Fleur-de-Lys paper, elegant and plasticized to guarantee a long life.

Further and objective confirmation of the uniqueness of all ENIGMA cases is the fact that well-kept, pre-owned examples have proven to maintain their initial value intact over the years, when not even appreciating in value. Requiring over 24 hours of highly specialized labor to make forcibly limits the production of ENIGMA Series 3 to no more than three per month for the world market. An ENIGMA Series 3 will always be a rarity to behold, let alone to own.

Mr. Musafia and his assistants have worked hard so that you, not them, will say that ENIGMA is the best case in the world.

DESIGN

Exclusive patterned multi-color Italian silk velvet, satin, and burlwood make this case unique. Offset instrument placement with strategic foam impact absorbing structures and multiple curved structural load-bearing partitions to protect it from impact in all directions. French-fit padding all around the instrument. Closed accessory boxes on long-lasting brass hinging for mutes, tuning fork, etc.. Deep striped bottom padding.

INTERIOR MATERIALS

Finest exclusive Italian silk velvets and satin (Enigma and Enigma Leggero). Glove quality Italian leather with silk velvet padding (Enigma Aureum)

In his continuous quest for perfection, Mr. Musafia reserves the right to change, modify, and improve any features and characteristics of these cases without prior notice.

"Musafia", "Musafia Cremona Italy", and "SATRAVI" are registered trademarks protected by law.