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A new brand of auctions designed for the violin trade

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For Sellers

Inviting Your Consignments


Considering selling an instrument or bow? Tarisio is here to help! As a specialized firm with leading expertise, we provide a dynamic and professional marketplace wholly dedicated to the requirements of fine instruments and bows. We will gladly consider any instrument or bow for consignment to a future sale. Click the link below to learn more about our evaluation and consignment process.

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Auctions Calendar

  1. Oct 15

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    Oct 29

    London

    Fine Instruments & Bows
    (closed) VIEW SALE

  2. Oct 29

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    Nov 15

    New York

    Fine Instruments & Bows
    (closed) VIEW SALE

  3. Feb 25

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    Mar 13

    New York

    Fine Instruments & Bows
    Catalog online Feb 19

  4. Mar 5

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    Mar 24

    London

    Fine Instruments & Bows
    Catalog online Feb 27

  5. Apr 29

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    May 15

    Berlin

    Fine Instruments & Bows
    Catalog online Apr 23

  6. May 13

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    May 29

    New York

    Fine Instruments & Bows
    Catalog online May 7

  7. Sep 23

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    Oct 9

    Berlin

    Fine Instruments & Bows
    Catalog online Sep 17

  8. Oct 14

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    Oct 27

    London

    Fine Instruments & Bows
    Catalog online Oct 8

  9. Oct 28

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    Nov 13

    New York

    Fine Instruments & Bows
    Catalog online Oct 22

The Cozio Carteggio

Latest Feature

Youth and experience: One of Stradivari’s earliest violins, revisited in his Golden Period
Jason Price

The ‘Salabue, Matsuda’ is one of the very first violins that Stradivari ever made. It is handsome, remarkably well preserved and rich in history. But the most exciting part of its story is that it has a unique and special secret: the front of the ‘Salabue’ was purposely re-made by Stradivari himself, more than fifty years later, in c. 1716, at the height of his Golden Period.

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An important violin bow made by Vuillaume’s best bowmaker for Prince Caraman de Chimay
Jason Price

Today is the 226th anniversary of the birth of Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, the most famous French violin maker of all time. In celebration, today’s Carteggio examines a very special violin bow that was made by Vuillaume’s best bow maker at the time, Pierre Simon, for the Belgian diplomat, businessman and music lover, Prince Caraman de Chimay. This decorated and highly important violin bow was recently sold by Tarisio Private Sale to the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, Frank Huang.

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Remembering Paul Childs (1947 – 2024)
Jason Price

This weekend we lost a friend, a colleague, an authority on old French bows and a pioneer in the field of bow expertise. Paul Childs passed away on Saturday, September 21. He was 77 years old.

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The electric violins of Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty

In our 25 year history we have only ever sold one electric violin, a Yamaha that belonged to Isaac Stern. This autumn, we will shatter that record and sell the collection of electric violins belonging to the preeminent jazz violinist, Jean-Luc Ponty. An early pioneer of both electric and jazz violin, Ponty’s impact on progressive jazz helped create a new genre for violin players worldwide. Recording dozens of albums over the course of his decades-long career, Ponty established himself as one of Jazz’s great artists, performing alongside Frank Zappa, George Duke, Masahiko Satoh, Stephane Grappelli, Nigel Kennedy, Sir Elton John… among many others. Written by Ponty himself, this week’s Carteggio tells the history of the artist’s instruments, including his iconic blue violin.

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