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Guarnerius del Ges�, Stradivarius and other notable violins and violas "Seven rare and valuable stringed instruments", 1932
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3GIUSEPPE ANTONIUS GUARNERIUS DEL GESU
4CREMONA: 1687-1745
65 VIOLIN: THE PIXIS
7Cremona, 1729
8Length, 13 3/4 inches; width upper bout, 6 1/2 inches; width lower bout, 8-1/16 inches; width middle bout, 4-5/16 inches; string length, 12 7/8 inches. The top is of close-grained wood, the back one piece of broad curly maple; sides to match. Varnish is of beautiful red shade.
10This violin, used by Pixis, a prodigy who toured Europe in the early nineteenth century with his brother who played the harpsichord, was later selected by Joachim for Theodore Spiering, then his pupil at the Hohe Schule. Mr. Spiering used it through his whole musical career, which is well known to lovers of music in the United States. This violin is an example of the more finished work of its great maker and is notable for the unusual thickness of its back, resulting in an unusually massive tone like that of the great del Gesù used by the late Eugène Ysaye.
12Accompanied by a certificate of authentication from W. E. Hill & Sons of London
14{See illustrations}
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