Francesco Rugeri, Cremona, 1672


Violin: 42507

Labeled, "Francesco Ruger detto il Per in / Cremona dell anno 1672."

Back: One-piece curly maple

Top: of fine grain

Scroll: plainer

Ribs: of wood similar to back

Varnish: Light orange

Length of back: 35.2 cm

Upper bouts: 16.2 cm

Middle bouts: 10.8 cm

Lower bouts: 19.85 cm


Notes:

"Expert X valued at $250,000, but believes this instrument has appreciation potential. . . . Beare noted that it appears to be good. Beare valued at $125,000."

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Report of the Trustee Review Panel concerning the Golden Age Collection, December 16, 2004

Provenance

until 1931 W. E. Hill & Sons
in 1932 Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.
from 1932 Mrs. Sarah Kreindler Baltor
1999-2003 Dr Herbert R. Axelrod
2003-2007 New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
from 2007 Current owner

Certificates & Documents

  • Insurance valuation: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1999) Values the instrument at $250,000.
  • Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1999) “The violin is original and belonging together in all its essential parts like top, back, ribs and scroll.”
  • Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati, OH (1933) #6605.

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)
  • Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
  • Italian Violin Makers (2001), Teruhiko Sato, Nippon Gengakki, Tokyo (illustrated)
  • 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
  • Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violoncellos (1931), Part 1, Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)

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