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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Remembering Lynn Harrell
Adrian Brendel, soloist and current steward of the 'Harrell' Montagnana, and Jason Price, Founder of Tarisio, pay tribute to the late Lynn Harrell.
I first met Lynn Harrell in 2009 when Tarisio and René Morel had first joined forces. The big stars would show up for their adjustment with René and I would entertain them while we waited for the maître. Lynn Harrell was a childhood hero of mine: his Beethoven trios had opened doors for the […]
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