Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1716, the 'Otto Booth, Cho-Ming Sin'
Violin: 40057
Bearing its original label, "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis faciebat Anno 1716."
Back: Two-piece of broad figure
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Middle bouts: 11.1 cm
Lower bouts: 20.6 cm
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Notes:
"This reputable violin known for its excellent tonal quality and power, was made by Antonio Stradivari in 1716. In 1855, it was owned by Madame Booth an English lady who tried to assemble a quartet of Stradivari instruments for her children. Otto Booth, her son, sold this instrument in 1889 and this violin has since been used as concert violin for performances throughout the world."Provenance
| Cho-Ming Sin | |
| until 1856 | Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume |
| from c. 1856 | Madame Wilhelm von Booth |
| c. 1885-1889 | Otto van Booth |
| from 1889 | George Hart |
| in 1925 | Henry Osborne Havemeyer |
| until 1930 | Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer |
| 1930-1931 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| 1931-1961 | Mischa Mischakoff |
| in 1961 | Robert Kagan |
| until 1965 | Henry Hottinger |
| from 1965 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| from 1999 | Nippon Music Foundation |
Known players
Arabella Steinbacher, Iona Brown, Julia Fischer, Mischa Mischakoff, Shunsuke Sato
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey Dating the youngest tree ring to 1704.
Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York, NY Signed by Jay C. Freeman.- Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London
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References
Arabella Steinbacher, violin | official Homepage- Correspondence with Shunsuke Sato, June, 2005
Henry Hottinger Collection (illustrated)- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
- Nippon Music Foundation Instrument Recipients
- Nippon Music Foundation: Booth Stradivari
- Private Archives - 10746
- The Estate of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, American Art Association, New York (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Stradivari Memorial (1977), William Dana Orcutt, Da Capo Press, New York (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)
- String Player, Vol. 1, No. 2 (illustrated)