Giovanni Battista Grancino I, Milan, 1696
Cello: 41985
Labeled, "Giovanni Grancino in Contrada Largha di Milano al segno della Cornoa 1696."
Back: One-piece cut on the slab, with a wing in the lower right bout
Top: of narrow grain, with wings in the lower bouts
Scroll: plain, possibly not original
Ribs: of narrower grain
Varnish: Reddish-brown over a golden ground
Length of back: 76.8 cm
Upper bouts: 35.2 cm
Middle bouts: 24.3 cm
Lower bouts: 43.2 cm
Notes:
"Expert X questioned if it is a composite. Expert X valued at $200,000 to $250,000."New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Report of the Trustee Review Panel concerning the Golden Age Collection, December 16, 2004
"Scroll may be a replacement. The date 1656 is given in the Machold documents. This is a misreading of 1696."
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Collection brochure from Violin Advisor, LLC
Provenance
| until 2002 | Dr. M. L. Nieland |
| in 2002 | Geigenbau Machold |
| 2002-2003 | Dr Herbert R. Axelrod |
| 2003-2007 | New Jersey Symphony Orchestra |
| from 2007 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Insurance valuation: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (2002) Values the instrument at $640,000.
Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
Evelyn & Herbert Axelrod Stringed Instrument Collection, Herbert Axelrod (illustrated)
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra- New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Collection brochure from Violin Advisor, LLC, April, 2007
- New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Report of the Trustee Review Panel concerning the Golden Age Collection, December 16, 2004