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Catalog of Rare Old Violins, Violas, Violoncellos, Bows of Rare Makes, 1921
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1quality. The scroll is in the master's finest style. Varnish of a rich ruby red color covers the instrument. The tone is of rare sweetness, with ample power to fill the largest concert hall. A solo violin of the first class. In 1877 it was purchased by Mr. R. D. Hawley from George Hart of London, and with the remainder of the Collection was later acquired by Lyon & Healy. (Plate IX)
2Price: $3,500
3A full description of The Hawley Lupot may be found in the work, The Hawley Collection of Violins.
5HIERONIMUS AMATI, NICOLA FIGELIUS
6NUMBER 5820. This Violin, made only nine years after Stradivari's birth, is a representative specimen of the finest Cremonese work of that period when Nicola Amati was making those wonderful violins which have ever since been the envy and despair of violin makers. Only a few years had elapsed before young Stradivari was to take his place in the shop of Amati to begin his apprenticeship.
7It may be seen, therefore, that this violin inherits all the best traditions of the Cremonese school. It is in an exquisite state of preservation, without crack or blemish, very strong in wood and possesses a tone at once so rich and powerful as to astonish all who play upon it.
8The work throughout is of the finest description, and the varnish, which is of a brownish red color, is of the finest quality.
9Price: $3,500
11J. B. GUADAGNINI, TURIN, 1751
12NUMBER 5835. Guadagnini's violins of this period, while not so beautiful as those of other epochs, usually are extremely fine in tone. At this time he was using a wood of very soft texture, and the tone derived therefrom is as sweet and pure as is ever heard in the Guadagnini violin. This instrument is in an excellent state of preservation, and is covered with dark, brownish red varnish. It is a violin for a concert artist.
13Price: $3,000
15FERDINANDUS GAGLIANO, NAPLES, 1775
16NUMBER 5810. Notwithstanding its age, this violin has the appearance of a new instrument, so perfectly is it preserved. Not even the lines of the edges are broken. The varnish is intact. The wood is extremely beautiful and the tone is very large and brilliant.
17Price: $2,750
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