Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Turin, 1775, the 'Zimbalist, Kaufman'
Violin: 42701
Bears the date 1771.
Back: One-piece
Varnish: Reddish-brown
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Notes:
"So closely resembles the ex-Joachim of 1775 and the ex-Wirth of 1757 that the three could be considered sister instruments, built from the same log and using the same patterns."The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, Ernest N. Doring, The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Chicago
"A very notable example and the only specimen nown to me bearing the original label of Turin dated 1771."
The Guadagnini Family - Part XVI, Ernest N. Doring, Violins & Violinists, October, 1944, Chicago
Provenance
| Sold by Erich Lachmann | |
| Efrem Zimbalist | |
| Sold by Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. | |
| until 1924 | Albert Caressa |
| from 1924 | Erich Lachmann |
| from 1925 | M. Zamustin |
| from 1927 and in 1954 | Louis Kaufman |
Known players
Louis Kaufman, Mitchell Stern
References
- An Interview with the Violinist Louis Kaufman
The Strad, June, 1954, London (illustrated)- Private Archives - 10746
- Violins & Violinists, October, 1944, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers, Ernest N. Doring, William Lewis & Son, Chicago (illustrated)