Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1715, the 'Lipinski'
Violin: 40497
Back: Two-piece, with original wings in the lower bouts
Scroll: Rather widely cut at the throat of the scroll
Length of back: 35.9 cm
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Notes:
Quoting Lipinski: "He [Salvini] received me with great cordiality, and before I had unfolded my music he said 'Please give me your violin.' I handed it to him and was amazed to see him grasp it firmly by the neck and strike it with all his might on the edge of the table, on which it fell, smashed to atoms. But with the greatest coolness and tranquility the old gentleman then opened a violin-case which was lying on the same table, and carefully taking from it a violin, said, 'Try this instrument!'"Lipinski's Violin, Count von Krockow, The Violin Times, January, 1896, London
Dated 1717. . . "Repaired by Hill in 1903. . ."
Sale Book, 1870-1936, The Jacques Francais Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Caressa & Francais Notebook (c1900 - 1936), part of the Jacques Francais Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Provenance
| until 1770 | Gisueppe Tartini |
| 1770-1817 | Salvini |
| 1817-1861 | Karel Jozef Lipinski |
| from 1861 | Richard Weichold |
| until 1897 | Engelbert Röntgen |
| 1897-1922 | Julius Röntgen I |
| in 1922 | Sold by W. E. Hill & Sons |
| in 1922 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| 1922-1927 | Alexander P. Malozemoff |
| from 1927 | Alfredo Saint Malo |
| 1931-1932 | Milan Lusk |
| 1937-1941 | Roger N. Chittolini |
| 1941-1962 | José Martinez-Canãs |
| 1961-1962 | Rembert Wurlitzer Inc. |
| 1962-2007 | Richard Anschuetz |
| 2007-2014 | Frank Almond |
| 2014-2014 | Reported stolen |
| from 2014 | Current owner |
Known players
Angel Reyes, Evi Liivak, Frank Almond, Julius (II) Röntgen, Karel Jozef Lipinski, Louis Persinger
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Jacques Français, New York, NY (1981) #2296.- Certificate: Emil Herrmann, New York, New York, NY
- Certificate: Wurlitzer, New York, NY
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References
- An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925), Alberto Bachman, The Library Press Limited, London
- Correspondence with Cozio member, December, 2006
How Many Strads? (1999 edition), Doring, Bein & Fushi, Bein & Fushi, Chicago, 1999 (illustrated)- Italian Violin Makers (1964), Karel Jalovec, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1964 (illustrated)
- The Violin Times, January, 1896, Count von Krockow, edited by E. Polanski, London
- Meisterwerke Italienischer Geigenbaukunst, Fridolin Hamma, Hamma & Co., Stuttgart (illustrated)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Frank Almond Returns to Stage, Feb 10, 2014- Private Archives - 10842
- Caressa & Francais Notebook (c1900 - 1936), part of the Jacques Francais Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
- Stradivarius: Five Violins, One Cello and a Genius
- The Jacques Français Rare Violins, Inc. Photographic Archive and Business Records, 1844-1998, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (illustrated)
- Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari 1644-1737, Herbert K. Goodkind, Larchmont, NY (illustrated)