Nicolò Amati, Cremona, 1658, the 'Captain Harvey, Twin (2)'
Violin: 42137
Labeled, "Nicolaus Amatus Cremonen. Hieronymi Fil. ac Antonij Nepos Fecit 1667."
Back: One-piece
Length of back: 35.3 cm
Upper bouts: 16.6 cm
Middle bouts: 11.0 cm
Lower bouts: 20.4 cm
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Provenance
| until 1890 | Louis Doyen |
| ... | ... |
| in 1923 | Captain John Audley Harvey |
| from 1925 | Nathan E. Posner |
| until 1946 | Enoch G. Megrue |
| in 1946 | Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. |
| from 1946 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: Sondre Lie, Oslo (2025) Dates the latest ring of the bass and treble side as 1650 and 1643, respectively.
Letter certificate: William Moennig & Son (photocopy), Philadelphia, PA (1966)- Certificate: Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. (photocopy), New York, NY (1946)
Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons (photocopy), London (1925)- Letter certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons (photocopy), London (1919)
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References
- Private Archives - 10746, William Moennig & Son
- Private Archives - 10842, Wurlitzer
World of Strings, Spring, 1964, William Moennig & Son, Philadelphia (illustrated)- The Strad, 1923, Towry Piper, London, Nov 1923 (illustrated)
- Universal Dictionary of Violin and Bow Makers, William Henley, Amati Publishing, Sussex