Jacob Stainer, Absam, 1665
Violin: 40028
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 35.3 cm
Upper bouts: 16.6 cm
Middle bouts: 11.2 cm
Lower bouts: 20.4 cm
Reported stolen on Jan 1, 1982
Notes:
This violin was the subject of a controversy in the 1950s due to the fact that it had a printed label. The dispute revolved around whether Stainer ever used printed labels. At the time, most experts believed that the printed label was authentic, but Senn and Roy's subsequent work have cast considerable doubt upon the authenticity of printed Stainer labels.The Stainer Labels, Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, March-April, 1955, Chicago
Reported stoled on August 1, 1982.
The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Washington, DC
Provenance
| until 1905 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1905-1940 | Richard C. Baker |
| in 1940 and until 1946 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| ... | ... |
| from 1946 | Henry Werro |
| 1950-1952 | Dr. Sandro Seiler |
| from 1952 | Henry Werro |
| in 1959 | Professor M. Heitz |
| Selma Heitz | |
| from 1979 | Jaap Schröder |
| from 1982 | Reported stolen |
Known players
Jaap Schroeder
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Eugen Tenucci, Zurich (1952)- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1951)
- Certificate: Henry Werro, Bern (1950)
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References
Ars Musica, Aloys Greither, Bayer AG, Heft 5 (illustrated)
Bach: Solo Violin Works- Jakob Stainer: Leben und Werk des Tiroler Meisters, Walter Senn & Karl Roy, Verlag E. Bochinsky, Frankfurt (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Box 60
- Violins & Violinists, March-April, 1955, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)