Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1732, the 'Parlow, Henryk Kaston'
Violin: 41966
Labeled, "Joseph Guarnerius fecit/Cremone anno 1732 HIS."
Back: Two-piece, with original wings in the lower bouts
Top: with original wings in the lower flanks
Scroll: plainer, cut on the slab
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Reddish-brown over a golden ground
Length of back: 35.1 cm
Upper bouts: 16.5 cm
Middle bouts: 11.2 cm
Lower bouts: 20.6 cm
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Provenance
| Gustavo Herten | |
| Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. | |
| Florian Zabach | |
| Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. | |
| from 1880 | Enrico Pellegrini |
| from 1915 | Forster family |
| in 1973 | Henryk Kaston |
| from 1974 | Christa Morneweg |
| until 1979 | Jacques Français |
| from 1979 | Heinz Machold |
| until 1998 | Dieter Stanzeleit |
| in 1998 | Geigenbau Machold |
| 1998-2003 | Dr Herbert R. Axelrod |
| 2003-2007 | New Jersey Symphony Orchestra |
| from 2007 | Current owner |
Known players
Henryk Kaston, Kathleen Parlow
Certificates & Documents
- Insurance valuation: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (2002) Values the instrument at $3.8 million.
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (1998) "It is original in all of its essential parts like table, back, ribs, and scroll…."- Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1976) #2129.
- Certificate: Rembert Wurlitzer Inc., New York, NY (1973)
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References
Evelyn & Herbert Axelrod Stringed Instrument Collection, Herbert Axelrod (illustrated)
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra- New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Collection brochure from Violin Advisor, LLC, April, 2007
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)