Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1734, the 'Rode'
Violin: 40404
Labeled, "Joseph Guarnerius, 1735..."
Back: in two pieces of maple with wide flames descending from the center joint.
Top: in two pieces of spruce with grain of medium width.
Scroll: of slightly plainer maple.
Ribs: of similar maple with narrower flame.
Varnish: of an orange brown color.
Length of back: 35.25 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 10.95 cm
Lower bouts: 20.5 cm
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Notes:
Did Maurin own/play this? See HD and also https://books.tarisio.com/search/search/4680/Scheffer%20maurin?search_type=all_wordsProvenance
| Jacques Pierre Joseph Rode | |
| until 1923 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1923 | Robert Augustus Bower |
| c. 1927-1940 | Harry Wahl |
| Dr. Bernhard Sprengel | |
| Norbert Brainin | |
| in 1999 | Current owner |
Known players
Kyung Wha Chung
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. H. Hammig & Co., Berlin (1927) Hammig Certificate No. 639
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References
Die Kunst des Geigenbaues (1997), Otto Möckel, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Berlin, 1997 (illustrated)- Harry Wahl's Violins, Maija-Stiina Roine, Cozio Publishing, Boston (illustrated)
- Italienische Geigenbauer (1957), Karel Jalovec, Artia, Prague, 1957 (illustrated)
- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- The Strad, October, 1999, John Dilworth, Orpheus, London (illustrated)
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, W. Henry, Arthur F. & Alfred E. Hill, William E. Hill & Sons, London, 1931