Home / Instruments / View Violins / Roger Hansell Original 'Birdseye Maple' (2014) based on Stradivari (1718) Roger Hansell Original 'Birdseye Maple' (2014) based on Stradivari (1718) Roger Hansell Original 'Birdseye Maple' (2014) based on Stradivari (1718) Information This is a 2014 violin based on the Maurin Stradivari of 1718, which is in the collection of the Royal Academy. Our copy is dimensionally the same as the original Stradivari, but is made with striking birdseye one piece maple back instead of the two piece quarter sawn figured back.