Antonio Casini, Modena, 1680
Viola: 42394
Back: One-piece having a broad figure extending upwards from left to right
Top: of pine with a distinctly-marked even grain at the joint widening very slightly at the flanks
Ribs: of smaller figure
Varnish: Brownish-yellow
Length of back: 41.6 cm
Upper bouts: 20 cm
Middle bouts: 14 cm
Lower bouts: 24.6 cm
Provenance
| until 1900 | Ottaker Novacek |
| in 1900 | Wilhelm Hermann Hammig |
| 1900-1925 | Lionel Tertis |
| from 1925 | Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| Peter Froelich, jr. | |
| Sold by William Lewis & Son | |
| Robert Dolejsi | |
| in 1977 | Mort Schaffner |
| from 1977 | Thomas Dumm |
Known players
Lionel Tertis, Ottokar Novacek
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. H. Hammig & Co., Berlin (1900) Attributes the instrument to Gasparo da Salo.- Certificate: Alfred E. Hill, London Attributes the instrument to Casini.
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References
The Strad, November, 1962, London (illustrated)- Violins & Violinists, December, 1945, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)