Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1687, the 'Kloster Traunstein'
Violin: 43842
Back: One-piece of medium curl, bearing a wax seal beneath the button
Top: not original, of narrow grain
Scroll: not original
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16 cm
Middle bouts: 10.7 cm
Lower bouts: 20 cm
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Notes:
Valued informally at $500,000 by "Expert X".New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Report of the Trustee Review Panel concerning the Golden Age Collection, December 16, 2004
Provenance
| 2002-2003 | Dr Herbert R. Axelrod |
| 2003-2007 | New Jersey Symphony Orchestra |
| from 2007 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Insurance valuation: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (2002) Values the instrument at $1.6 million.
Certificate: Machold Rare Violins, Ltd, Vienna (2002) “This violin is genuine in all of its parts with the exception of the scroll and top which are of later origin …. This violin is a very fine example of the maker’s work.”
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References
Evelyn & Herbert Axelrod Stringed Instrument Collection, Herbert Axelrod (illustrated)- New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Collection brochure from Violin Advisor, LLC, April, 2007
- New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Report of the Trustee Review Panel concerning the Golden Age Collection, December 16, 2004
- Private Archives - 1610
- Private Papers