Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin, 1778, the 'Hart'
Violin: 40917
Back: One piece of maple, with added pieces in the lower flanks by the maker
Top: spruce with open grain
Scroll: similar to back with winder curls to the maple and matches the ribs
Varnish: Red brown
Length of back: 35.4 cm
Upper bouts: 16.6 cm
Middle bouts: 11.4 cm
Lower bouts: 19.15 cm
Reported stolen on May 16, 1999
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Notes:
The violin was taken on Sunday night, May 16th, 1999 from Mount Olive Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.Provenance
| in 1937 | Sold by Hart & Son |
| until 1940 | William Lewis & Son |
| 1940-1946 | C. M. Carlson |
| from 1946 | Philip A. Williams |
| from 1999 | Reported stolen |
| in 1999 | Anonymous |
| from 1999 | Reported stolen |
References
Maestronet Stolen Instrument Information for Instrument #8- The Strad, July, 1937, London
The Strad, September, 1937, London (illustrated)- Stolen Violin
- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago