Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1739, the 'Kortschak, Wurlitzer, Hammig, Spanish Joseph'
Violin: 40428
Authentic, but altered; the original last digit was "5", but has been changed to "9."
Back: Two-piece
Length of back: 35.1 cm
Upper bouts: 16.7 cm
Middle bouts: 11 cm
Lower bouts: 20.4 cm
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Provenance
| until 1912 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1912 | Hugo Kortschak |
| Wilhelm Hermann Hammig | |
| until 1923 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1923 | John Taylor Roberts |
| from 1925 | Unknown |
| in 1931 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| Austin D. Levy | |
| until 1942 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| from 1942 | Hymen Rabushka |
| Joseph Haft | |
| in 1963 | Dr. James K. Sutherland |
| Hans Isenberg | |
| until 1993 | Cho-Ming Sin |
| until 1994 | Bein & Fushi, Inc |
| from 1994 | Uto Ughi |
| in 1998 | Current owner |
Known players
Joseph Rabuska
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg (1998) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1733; both side match the treble side of the 1734 "Kochanski" (ID=2807).
Certificate: Bein & Fushi, Inc, Chicago, IL (1994)- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1942)
- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, OH (1926)
Letter: W. H. Hammig & Co., Berlin (1923)- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, OH (1923)
- Letter: W. H. Hammig & Co., Berlin (1919)
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg Dating the youngest tree ring to 1733.
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References
Bein & Fushi 1994 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)- Bein & Fushi Catalog, Winter, 1993, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Strad, November, 1973, London (illustrated)
- Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesú (2 volumes), Carlos Chiesa, John Dilworth, Roger Graham Hargrave, Stewart Pollens, Duane Rosengard & Eric Wen, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- Wurlitzer Collection of Rare Violins, Violas & Bows, Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., New York (illustrated)
- The Strad, June, 1963, London (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Miracle Makers, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931
- The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù - Exhibition, Peter Biddulph, Peter Biddulph, London (illustrated)