Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1708, the 'Ruby'
Violin: 40084
Bearing its original label.
Back: One-piece
Length of back: 35.7 cm
Upper bouts: 16.6 cm
Middle bouts: 11 cm
Lower bouts: 20.6 cm
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Provenance
| in 1905 | Marquis de Pierisis |
| - | Tlinsch |
| - | Künstener |
| 1905 - 1912 | Colonel Maitre |
| in 1912 | Sold by Caressa & Français |
| in 1912 | Sold by Hamma & Co. |
| from 1912 | Glatz-Neumann |
| - | Sold by Erich Lachmann |
| until 1927 | Hamma & Co. |
| 1927 - 1940 | Harry Wahl |
| ... | ... |
| 1946 - 1947 | Emil Herrmann, New York |
| 1947 - 1965 | Henry Hottinger |
| from 1965 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| until 1965 | Kenneth Warren & Son |
| - | Stephen Junkunc |
| until 1982 | Bein & Fushi, Inc |
| from 1982 | Current owner |
Known players
Dylana Jensen, Joseph Swenson, Leila Josefowicz, Philippe Quint, Vadim Repin
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY
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References
The Strad, April, 2001, Laurinel Owen, Orpheus, London (illustrated)- Bein & Fushi 1983 Calendar, Bein & Fushi, Inc, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
Deutsche Grammophon - Classical Music Label since 1898- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- Harry Wahl's Violins, Maija-Stiina Roine, Cozio Publishing, Boston (illustrated)
- Henry Hottinger Collection (illustrated)
- How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999
- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- Leila Josefowicz: Portrait of a Woman with Violin
- Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst (8th Edition), Walter Hamma & Co., Florian Noetzel Verlag, Wilhelmshaven (illustrated)
- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
- Noted violinist set to perform with Spokane Symphony - Spokesman.com - Sept. 23, 2010
- Stradivari Society Instrument Collection
- Stradivari Society Recipients
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- The Miracle Makers, Bein & Fushi, Chicago (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)