Certificates & Documents

• Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1980) #2214
• Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1968) Referring to the violin as "the finest example known to us."
• Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1954) Refers to the violin as "The King of all the Stainers". ". . . The finest specimen of this famous maker known to me.. Of unsurpassable workmanship and in mint condition."
• Letter: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY (1954) Describing the violin as "my treasured possession for 33 years."

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

• A Thousand Mornings of Music, Arnold Gingrich, Crown Publishers, New York (illustrated)
• Henry Hottinger Collection (illustrated)
• Jakob Stainer: Leben und Werk des Tiroler Meisters, Walter Senn & Karl Roy, Verlag E. Bochinsky, Frankfurt (illustrated)
• Meister Deutscher Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Schuler Verlag, Stuttgart (illustrated)
• Rare Violins in the Possession of Emil Herrmann: 1926-7, Emil Herrmann, Berlin (illustrated)
• Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 8, 2011, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)
• The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
• Violins & Violinists, December, 1943, C. A. Mertzanoff, William Lewis & Son, Chicago
• The Violin: Its physical and acoustic principles, Paolo Peterlongo, Paul Elek, London (illustrated)