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Catalog of Rare Old Violins, Violas and Violoncellos: Also Bows of Rare Makes, 1916
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1same time very flexible, and of beautiful quality. It is an ideal concert instrument and unsurpassed for quartet playing.
3Price: $2,250
5Ferdinand Gagliano, Filius Nicolai, Naples, 1761
6Number 4293. A superb example of his work, in a fine state of preservation.
7Ferdinand was one of the best makers of the Gagliano family. His violins have a robust, vigorous tone which is always sought by connoisseurs and players. This instrument, while it shows a little wear, is for all practical purposes in the same perfect physical condition in which it left its maker's hands. The wood and varnish are of choice quality, the latter being of a medium red color. It possesses a tone of great carrying power and beauty of quality, even throughout the entire register. It is a highly satisfactory instrument.
9Price: $1,800
11Tomasso Balestrieri, Mantua, 1760
12Number 4681. Balestrieri was a pupil of Stradivarius and was the most prominent member of the Mantua School.
13This instrument is patterned on broad lines. The wood selection is of the choicest, the back being formed of maple having a handsome figure, and the top of spruce of the finest quality. It is covered with a plentiful supply of lustrous, deep orange colored varnish. It is in a splendid state of preservation and possesses a tone of rare quality and power. It is a splendid concert instrument.
15Price: $1,500
17Carlo Ferdinando Landolphus, Milano, 1752
18Number 4295. This violin first came into our possession in 1892. It passed into the possession of a well known amateur and at his death last year was repurchased by us. Originally it came from the collection of a very celebrated violin dealer of Vienna, Carl Zach, and was in the collection
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