The Cozio Archive
Welcome to Cozio, the world’s largest reference resource for buyers, sellers and connoisseurs of fine stringed instruments and bows.
Founded in 2003 as a public registry of iconography, provenance and pricing information for historical stringed instruments, Cozio encompasses over 36,000 individual instruments and bows by over 3,500 makers. It is also the most comprehensive online source for maker biographies and provenance information, and contains over 57,000 historical auction prices.
Although most of Cozio is available to the public by subscription, it also contains photographs, documents and records of instruments and bows that are accessible only by request. If you would like information about any item that is not publicly available, please contact us.
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Lorenzo Storioni: a superb cello by the great Cremonese maker
This week, Tarisio's Founder, Director and Expert, Jason Price, presents a rare and important cello by Lorenzo Storioni, the first ever full-sized Storioni cello to be sold at auction.
By Jason PriceStorioni's cellos are particularly rare, significant and highly coveted. We have records of nearly 300 violins in the Cozio archive but know of fewer than a dozen cellos. The fine Storioni featured as Lot 18 in our November sale is believed to be the first full-sized cello to ever be offered at auction.
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