Matteo Goffriller, Venice, 1700, the 'Piatti, Salmond, Paganini'
Cello: 41044
Bearing its original label.
Back: Two-piece maple cut on the slab
Scroll: by Tononi
Varnish: Orange-red
Length of back: 74.0 cm
Upper bouts: 35.7 cm
Middle bouts: 24.4 cm
Lower bouts: 43.6 cm
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Notes:
"Dem 'Citizen' zufolge hat Dr. Duncan aus London, 7 Wimpole Street, ein grosser Liebhaber und Sammler von Geigen, kürzlich eine erfolgreiche Tour durch Italien gemacht. In Ameglia fand derselb im Besitye der Wittwe von L. G. Germi, eines vertrauten Freunde von Paganini, ein Violoncell und vier Geigen, die der gross Künstler zu seinem Lebzeiten gespielt. Da an der Echtheit des Instrumente nicht der geringste Zweifel erhoben werden konnte, so kaufte Dr. Duncan dieselben zusammen mit noch einige Original-Compositionen Paganini's, die sich ebenfalls in Besitz der Wittwe befanden."Aufgefundene Instrumente von Paganini, Paul de Wit, Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, Leipzig
Provenance
| Nicolò Paganini | |
| L. G. Germi | |
| until 1883 | L. G. Germi's widow |
| from 1883 | Dr George Duncan |
| in c. 1890 | Sold by George Withers & Sons |
| until 1899 | Alfredo Piatti |
| in 1899 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1899 | Sir John Murray Scott |
| until 1918 | Walter Scott |
| in 1918 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1918-c. 1919 | Robert Augustus Bower |
| until c. 1919 | Emil Sachse |
| 1919-1952 | Felix Salmond |
| in 1954 | Sold by William Moennig & Son |
| from c. 1955 | Anonymous |
| in 2017 | Current owner |
Known players
Alfredo Piatti
Certificates & Documents
Letter: Alfred E. Hill, London (1917)
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY ". . .erstklassig. . ."
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References
- Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, Paul de Wit, edited by Paul de Wit, Leipzig, December 1, 1883
Violins & Violinists, September-October, 1954, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)- Violins & Violinists, November-December, 1949, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago
- Private Archives - 10746
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)