This section is for important instruments I have taken interest in, taken photos of, and have been allowed to share. I do not own any of the instruments shown below. Each title and photo leads to it’s own page where more photos can be found.
I hope that this can be of educational use. Some of the pages may be password protected.
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Cello by Sanctus Serafin, Venice, 1732
Violin by Sanctus Seraphin, Venice, c.1740
Violin by Sanctus Seraphin, Venice, 1743
Viola by Jacob Rayman, London, 1650
Cello by G.B. Genova, Turin
Violin by Antonio Gragnani, Livorni, 1776
Violin by Antonio Gragnani, Livorno, 1780
Violin by the Voller Brothers, London, 1894
Violin by the Voller Brothers, London, c.1900 – Testore copy
Viola after Tononi by the Voller Brothers, London, c.1930
Cello by Pierre Silvestre, Paris, 1831
Violin by David Tecchler, Rome
Violin by David Tecchler, Rome c.1720
Violin by Michael Platner, Rome, 1744
Violin by Michael Platner, Rome, 1740
Violin by Hendrik Jacobs, Amsterdam, c.1680
Violin by Hendrik Jacobs, Amsterdam, 1700- rosewood back
Violin by Enrico Rocca, Genoa, 1905 “Ex- Shumsky”
Violin by Enrico Rocca, Genoa, 1915
Violin by Michele Deconet, Venice, 1760
Viola by Tommaso Balestrieri, Mantua
Violin by Bela Szepessy, London, 1892 – no.79
Tertis viola by Arthur Richardson, 1945 – Original Tertis
Violin by Aegidius Klotz, Mittenwald, c.1750
Violin by Aegidius Klotz, Mittenwald, 1772
Violin by Aegidius Klotz, Mittenwald, 18th Century
Violin by Joannes Tononi, Bologna, 1698
Violin probably by Giovanni Tononi, Bologna, c.1700
Violin by H.C. Silvestre, Paris, 1896
Violin by Giuseppe Dall’Aglio, Mantua, c.1800
Viola by Lorenzo & Tomasso Carcassi, Florence, 1743
Violin by Giuseppe Fiorini, Zurich, 1918
Violin by Giuseppe Fiorini, Zurich, 1919
Viola by Frantz Straub, Fussen, 1693
Violin by Daniel Parker, London, 1725
Violin, probably Brescian, once ascribed to G.P. Maggini
Violin by Giovanni Pistucci, Naples, c.1900
Violin by Francesco Guadagnini workshop, Turin, 1892
Violin, France, c.1800
Violin by Enrico Politi, Rome, 1926
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