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Catalog of Rare Old Violins, Violas and Violoncellos: Also Bows of Rare Makes, 1917
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1VIOLONCELLOS
3CARLO FERDINANDO LANDOLPHUS, MILANO, 1760
4Number 4680. Carlo Landolphus was one of the three or four very celebrated Milanese makers. He used good wood, excellent varnish, finished his instruments with care, and they are today among old celebrated Italian instruments.
5This cello is built on broad Stradivarius lines, flat model with low arching, and is in an exceptionally fine state of preservation. It has ample wood in both back and top, and is covered with an exceptionally fine quality of lustrous light orange red varnish.
6Price: $4,000
8GIOFREDA CAPPA, SALUZZO, 1696
9Number 4925. Cappa was one of the greatest cello makers of Italy. He was a pupil of Nicolas Amati, working in the shop during his apprenticeship with Antonius Stradivarius and other famous pupils. This cello is a first class representative specimen of his work. It is in excellent state of preservation, being sound and healthy in all its original varnish and parts. It possesses a tone of rare loveliness, as well as power.
10It is an ideal solo instrument for an artist. The back is formed by two pieces of maple, having a slight figure joined in the center. The sides are of the same material. The scroll is in Cappa's finest style. The top is of spruce, of the choicest selection. It formerly was the property of a very celebrated artist, Boris Hambourg, who used it in his concert tours for years.
11Price: $3,500
13CARLO ANTONIO TESTORE, MILANO, 1739
14Number 4184. Violoncellos by old masters which can be termed perfectly preserved are exceedingly rare. Violoncellos are subjected to far
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