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A catalogue of the Lyon & Healy collection of rare old violins, violas …, 1916
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1RARE OLD VIOLINS
3ment and strongly recommended to any artist desiring a first class violin, for it can be depended upon to stand up under any kind of hard work and any and all weather conditions.
5Price: $3,000
7GIOVANNI BAPTISTE RUGGERI, BRESCIA, 1667
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10Number 4683. From the collection of the late Duke of Coburg. Formerly the property of the Duke of Edinburgh to whom, when a boy, it was presented by his grandmother, the late Queen Victoria.
12It is a rare example of Ruggeri's work. It is purely Amatisé in character, medium size, and in a very fine state of preservation. Ruggeri was a pupil of Nicolas Amati and was working at the bench in Amati's shop at the time Stradivarius was serving his apprenticeship.
14The instrument possesses a tone of rare beauty; it is rich and mellow, large in volume, exceedingly flexible, even, and sympathetic.
16Price: $3,000
18GIOFREDUS CAPPA, SALUZZI, 1635
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21Number 4668. Cappa was Nicolas Amati's chief contemporary in Cremona. His work is not so well known and not so frequently met with. It has always been mistaken for that of Amati until recent years when the distinctions have been properly noted.
23This is the finest example of Cappa's violins that we have seen. It possesses a large tone of mellow, tender quality. It is strong and healthy in wood, in excellent preservation, and is covered with a very abundant supply of the original varnish, which is of a lustrous orange brown color. It is an ideal solo instrument because of the power and vigor of its tone. One could scarcely have a more delightful instrument for quartet or home use.
25The back is formed of one piece of choice Italian maple, such as Cappa was accustomed to use. The sides are exceptionally handsome and match the back. The top is of spruce of the choicest selection. The workmanship throughout is highly artistic and in the best style of the maker.
27Price: $2,750
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